Re: \autoBeamOff

2010-08-16 Thread Patrick Schmidt
Am 17.08.2010 um 05:30 schrieb Carl Sorensen: On 8/16/10 3:30 PM, "Patrick Schmidt" wrote: Dear LilyPonders, while trying to typeset some vocal music I encountered some difficulties with \autoBeamOff: 1) \autoBeamOff has no effect on other voices when used in a global variable/ghost voi

ANN: Frescobaldi 1.0.3 and 1.1.5

2010-08-16 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Hi, Frescobaldi 1.0.3 (stable) and 1.1.5 (development) have been released. Main focus is making smart point and click working again with the KDE 4.5 editor component. Bugs have been fixed and translations updated. Links to full ChangeLog and download are at http://www.frescobaldi.org/ . best re

Re: \autoBeamOff

2010-08-16 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 8/16/10 3:30 PM, "Patrick Schmidt" wrote: > Dear LilyPonders, > > while trying to typeset some vocal music I encountered some > difficulties with \autoBeamOff: > > 1) \autoBeamOff has no effect on other voices when used in a global > variable/ghost voice. It has to be turned on explicitly

single part spacing problem

2010-08-16 Thread 胡海鹏 - Hu Haipeng
Hello, When I extract the timpani part from my overture (I have not made cues), a fatal problem comes--spacing issues. No matter what staff size I set, the warning "couldn't fit music on page" always appears. How to sove it? Regards Haipeng a simplified version (without rehearsal and top texts)

Re: Help with sheet music format

2010-08-16 Thread Brett McCoy
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Stephen Nesbitt wrote: > All: > > I would like to use Lilypond to generate sheet music that can best be > described as having 2 distinct  and independent sections. The first - and > upper > section - is simply a list of chords used in the song along with fretboard

Help with sheet music format

2010-08-16 Thread Stephen Nesbitt
All: I would like to use Lilypond to generate sheet music that can best be described as having 2 distinct and independent sections. The first - and upper section - is simply a list of chords used in the song along with fretboard diagrams. The second - lower part - is similar to a lead sheet wi

Re: please help a newbie with partial measures

2010-08-16 Thread Peter Chubb
> "Phil" == Phil Holmes writes: Phil> Rose, Here's a very simple version of some music laid out as Phil> hymns frequently seem to be. I think you should be able to use Phil> this to modify what you've already done. You don't need the partials except at the start. See some of the hymns I'v

Re: Problem: multi-bar rests in SATB score

2010-08-16 Thread Trevor Daniels
mark damerell wrote Monday, August 16, 2010 6:25 PM Lilypond version 2.10.33: to see my problem, take the SATB template from Appendix D4.1 and insert \set Score.skipBars = ##t at the start of the \global section and insert R1*7 in front of each voice's notes. Instead of a 7 bar r

\autoBeamOff

2010-08-16 Thread Patrick Schmidt
Dear LilyPonders, while trying to typeset some vocal music I encountered some difficulties with \autoBeamOff: 1) \autoBeamOff has no effect on other voices when used in a global variable/ghost voice. It has to be turned on explicitly for each voice. This is probably intentional but AFAIK

Re: glissando without starting note

2010-08-16 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 16 August 2010 20:38, Pato Press wrote: > > Thanks Again James! But I'm sorry to tell you  that it doesn't work :( > 'cause having a previous note attached to the glissando, even if the > note is hidden, make changes to the time in the bar. > Now, I made the wrong example! Sorry for that. My 2n

Re: MIDI output of unfold and tremolo repeats are different?

2010-08-16 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 16 August 2010 21:23, sereliya at yahoo dot com wrote: > > Dear LilyPond users, > > I have been having a strange problem where the MIDI output > > of tremolo and unfold repeats are not the same (durations). > > Has anyone been having similar problems?  Any pointers as to > > where to start look

MIDI output of unfold and tremolo repeats are different?

2010-08-16 Thread sereliya at yahoo dot com
Dear LilyPond users, I have been having a strange problem where the MIDI output of tremolo and unfold repeats are not the same (durations). Has anyone been having similar problems? Any pointers as to where to start looking for correcting this would be greatly appreciated. Many many thanks i

Fwd: glissando without starting note

2010-08-16 Thread Pato Press
-- Forwarded message -- From: Pato Press Date: 2010/8/16 Subject: Re: glissando without starting note To: James Bailey Thanks Again James! But I'm sorry to tell you that it doesn't work :( 'cause having a previous note attached to the glissando, even if the note is hidden, make

Problem: multi-bar rests in SATB score

2010-08-16 Thread mark damerell
Lilypond version 2.10.33: to see my problem, take the SATB template from Appendix D4.1 and insert \set Score.skipBars = ##t at the start of the \global section and insert R1*7 in front of each voice's notes. Instead of a 7 bar rest, I get a 1 bar rest followed by a 6 bar rest, and th

Re: Help Pleases

2010-08-16 Thread Bernardo Barros
I also would mention Frescobaldi (for linux systems). Really nice and not dependent on Java. Lilypond is a command-line software. You can edit a .ly file and render it from command-line OR you can use an integrated text editor like Emacs OR you can use a more sophisticated environment with PDF Pre

Re: Help Pleases

2010-08-16 Thread James Bailey
On Aug 15, 2010, at 4:35 AM, kimpenam...@aol.com wrote: > How do I start making music? Where do I start? Please give me steps to start > the program. A good place to start is here: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Tutorial#Tutorial Read through the learning m

Re: glissando without starting note

2010-08-16 Thread James Bailey
On Aug 16, 2010, at 6:51 AM, Pato Press wrote: > Thanks James, but it doesn't work. Probably I'm doing it wrong but if I > \hideNotes I end up with different problems. > One, If I use different voices, the glissando stays hidden. The other thing > its that the note placement in the bar is alter

Re: Help Pleases

2010-08-16 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 15 August 2010 04:35, wrote: > > How do I start making music? Where do I start? Please give me steps > to start the program. Hi, LilyPond has no graphical user interface (as other well-known scorewriters have), which can be surprising. It uses text files to produce PDFs, thanks to a specific

Help Pleases

2010-08-16 Thread kimpenamon7
How do I start making music? Where do I start? Please give me steps to start the program. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: command: ragged-last-bottom=##f

2010-08-16 Thread Spela Kermelj
Thanks, I would have never found this solution myself... However, there's a typo in the manual, section "Selected snippets", examples 2 and 4, should be \ifnum#1<... instead of \ifnum##1<... So, my solution is as follows: \def\betweenLilyPondSystem#1{ \ifnum#1<4 \linebreak \vfill \else\fi }

please help a newbie with partial measures

2010-08-16 Thread Rose Mawhorter
Hi all, I've been stewing over what should be simple all afternoon. I documentation seems to be getting me no where. I'm working on entering an old hymn. The piece has an upbeat, which I'm having a bit of trouble with. The partial measures also repeat throughout the hymn. My trouble is that I can't

Re: Chord fingering bug?

2010-08-16 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
On Mon 16 Aug 2010, 17:19 Nick Payne wrote: > Is this a bug or a known problem or how things are supposed to work? > If the fingering for the C# is to the left, then the fingering for > the A automatically avoids the accidental. if the fingering for the > C# is above the note, whether placed by usi

Re: command: ragged-last-bottom=##f

2010-08-16 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
On Sat 14 Aug 2010, 21:43 Spela Kermelj wrote: > Thanks, I would have never found this solution myself... > However, there's a typo in the manual, section "Selected snippets", examples > 2 and 4, should be > > \ifnum#1<... > > instead of > > \ifnum##1<... Thank you, added to tracker as issue 12

Chord fingering bug?

2010-08-16 Thread Nick Payne
Is this a bug or a known problem or how things are supposed to work? If the fingering for the C# is to the left, then the fingering for the A automatically avoids the accidental. if the fingering for the C# is above the note, whether placed by using ^ or with a \set command, then the fingering