Re: Removing bar lines between piano staff and ossia and making space between consecutive ossias

2012-12-12 Thread Arle Lommel
Thomas, Thanks so much. That got me about 90% of the way there, but playing around with what you did got me the other 10% of the way there, so that does it. What was missing for me was the "\once \override Staff.BarLine #'allow-span-bar = ##f", which was obvious in its intent, but which my pre

Re: need more help with spacing overrides

2012-12-12 Thread Keith OHara
ed stuckems gmail.com> writes: > > I'd like to increase the distance between piano staffs \new PianoStaff \with { \override StaffGrouper #'staff-staff-spacing #'basic-distance = #20 } << \new Staff { c'1 } \new Staff { c'1 } >> __

need more help with spacing overrides

2012-12-12 Thread ed stuckems
I'd like to increase the distance between piano staffs (the two staves connected by the brace). After looking through the IR, I think the skyline-horizontal-padding of the system-interface is what need to be changed. My attempts have failed and I don't know if it's because my override commands we

Re: Displaying string number above fingering

2012-12-12 Thread Keith OHara
Keith OHara oco.net> writes: > There are two or > three separate pieces of code setting fingerings and scripts according to > different combinations of rules, > It seems if we give Fingerings and StringNumbers different script-priorities > by default, as David suggested, it would render a lot

Re: Displaying string number above fingering

2012-12-12 Thread Keith OHara
David Kastrup gnu.org> writes: > Keith OHara oco.net> writes: > > > The irregular behavior Oliver sees occurs when there is no <> chord > > indication. > > Fingering_engraver Well, fingerings go to Fingering_engraver but the string-numbers go to New_fingering_engraver. (Better than version

Re: Tweaking notehead direction in chords

2012-12-12 Thread Paul Morris
Hi Harm, On Dec 12, 2012, at 9:03 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: > I've seen the updated version in the LSR already and tend to approve it as is. > I doubt it could be possible to create an automatism for 'stem-attachment. Ok, I went ahead and added examples of manual overrides for fixing stem atta

Re: Tweaking notehead direction in chords

2012-12-12 Thread Thomas Morley
Hi David (N), Paul, 2012/12/13 Paul Morris : > On Dec 12, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Thomas Morley > wrote: > >> Hi Paul, >> >> I had a look at the LSR-snippet >> http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=861 >> >> It's no problem to make it work with 2.14.2 just adding a $-sign >> before offsets in the music-

Re: Tweaking notehead direction in chords

2012-12-12 Thread Paul Morris
On Dec 12, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: > Hi Paul, > > I had a look at the LSR-snippet > http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=861 > > It's no problem to make it work with 2.14.2 just adding a $-sign > before offsets in the music-function. > > But you will have noticed that after appl

Re: Tweaking notehead direction in chords

2012-12-12 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Harm, On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: > 2012/12/11 Paul Morris : >> Below is a revised version > [...] > > Hi Paul, > > I had a look at the LSR-snippet > http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=861 > > It's no problem to make it work with 2.14.2 just adding a $-sign > before

Re: Tweaking notehead direction in chords

2012-12-12 Thread Thomas Morley
2012/12/11 Paul Morris : > Below is a revised version [...] Hi Paul, I had a look at the LSR-snippet http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=861 It's no problem to make it work with 2.14.2 just adding a $-sign before offsets in the music-function. But you will have noticed that after applying the f

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Parham Fazelzadeh
Hey guys, thank you so much. I feel stupid now, can't believe I missed that. I guess my eyes were looking for the word "terminal". Also, I would have maybe expected that information to also exist under the Manual link and not Downloads! either way, big thanks /Parham On 13 December 2012 00:25, P

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-12 Thread Thomas Morley
2012/12/12 Eric Pancer : > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Eric Pancer wrote: >> While writing some conga exercises (for four drums) in Lilypond, I've >> found I can get by using the following notes*: >> - bd (super tumba) >> - toml (tumba) >> - sn (conga) >> >> However, I'm looking for a 4th

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Paul Morris
On Dec 12, 2012, at 6:13 PM, Parham Fazelzadeh wrote: > I have tried searching for the answer online [...] > thank you so much. I feel stupid now, can't believe I missed that. I guess my > eyes were looking for the word "terminal". Also, I would have maybe expected > that information to also

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Eric Pancer
On Dec 12, 2012, at 16:57, Hans Aberg wrote: > On 12 Dec 2012, at 23:50, Eric Pancer wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Hans Aberg wrote: >>> On 12 Dec 2012, at 21:16, Eric Pancer wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:14 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > The libexec route appears t

Re: Removing bar lines between piano staff and ossia and making space between consecutive ossias

2012-12-12 Thread Thomas Morley
Hi Arle, 2012/12/12 Arle Lommel > Thanks to everyone for recent help. I've been truly impressed by how > helpful people have been for my requests. > > Now I have one more problem with the piano piece I am working on. I am > using a pianoStaff, which works fine, except that I now have a portion w

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Hans Aberg
On 12 Dec 2012, at 21:16, Eric Pancer wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:14 PM, David Kastrup wrote: >> The libexec route appears to cater for all of that. We should use bin >> just for executables supposed to be entry points of LilyPond. > > Please, no! > > From man 1 hier >

Re: Removing bar lines between piano staff and ossia and making space between consecutive ossias

2012-12-12 Thread Eluze
fenevad wrote > 2. In the first two instances where I call the ossia parts, there is one > on the last half beat of a measure and a *separate* one on the first half > beat of the next measure. Lilypond, quite logically, assumes that these > should be stuck together (since there is no time between t

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Hans Aberg
On 12 Dec 2012, at 23:50, Eric Pancer wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Hans Aberg wrote: >> On 12 Dec 2012, at 21:16, Eric Pancer wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:14 PM, David Kastrup wrote: The libexec route appears to cater for all of that. We should use bin just fo

Re: Snippet "music box" does not work in 2.16

2012-12-12 Thread Eric
> (pnew (ly:music-property (list-ref pitches i) 'pitch)) Thanks, it works perfectly :^) ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Eric Pancer
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Hans Aberg wrote: > On 12 Dec 2012, at 21:16, Eric Pancer wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:14 PM, David Kastrup wrote: >>> The libexec route appears to cater for all of that. We should use bin >>> just for executables supposed to be entry points of LilyPond.

Re: balloonGrobText

2012-12-12 Thread Noeck
Am 12.12.2012 23:01, schrieb David Kastrup: > Noeck writes: >> PS: Why such a strange name, balloonGrobText? Why not just annotation? > > Because nobody sanitized this up to now. It should probably get pretty > much the same interface as \footnote. However, the interface of > \footnote changed

Removing bar lines between piano staff and ossia and making space between consecutive ossias

2012-12-12 Thread Arle Lommel
Thanks to everyone for recent help. I've been truly impressed by how helpful people have been for my requests.Now I have one more problem with the piano piece I am working on. I am using a pianoStaff, which works fine, except that I now have a portion with a bunch of ossia parts (almost one a measu

Re: Snippet "music box" does not work in 2.16

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
David Kastrup writes: > Eric writes: > >> Hi Lilypond helpers, >> >> The following snippet : >> >> http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Snippet?id=346 >> >> does not work any longer. >> >> The error occurs "In procedure car in expression (car pes): >> /home/eric/musique/lilypond/test.ly:49:49: Wrong type

Re: balloonGrobText

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
Noeck writes: > PS: Why such a strange name, balloonGrobText? Why not just annotation? Because nobody sanitized this up to now. It should probably get pretty much the same interface as \footnote. However, the interface of \footnote changed about monthly for quite a while, so it made sense gett

balloonGrobText

2012-12-12 Thread Noeck
Dear all, I try to use the balloonGrobText. After I found out that I have to add it to the Score, Staff _and_ to the Voice, some questions remain: 1. All spanners have zero length if a balloonGrobText is attached to them. At least Beams, Hairpins, Slurs, PhrasingSlurs, TupletBrackets are affected

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-12 Thread Eric Pancer
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Eric Pancer wrote: > While writing some conga exercises (for four drums) in Lilypond, I've > found I can get by using the following notes*: > - bd (super tumba) > - toml (tumba) > - sn (conga) > > However, I'm looking for a 4th pitch to notate a quinto (high dru

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Eric Pancer
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 3:15 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > The whole point was _not_ to have it added to the PATH as it was > supposed to _only_ contain binaries used _internally_ in LilyPond. Ah! Sorry, I'll smack my own forehead :-) ___ lilypond-user ma

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
Eric Pancer writes: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 3:02 PM, David Kastrup wrote: >> Eric Pancer writes: >> >>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:25 PM, David Kastrup wrote: Which is pretty much what we are talking about. I was not talking about /libexec but libexec, like the LilyPond executables

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Eric Pancer
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 3:02 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > Eric Pancer writes: > >> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:25 PM, David Kastrup wrote: >>> Which is pretty much what we are talking about. I was not talking about >>> /libexec but libexec, like the LilyPond executables are not in /bin but >>> some

Re: Snippet "music box" does not work in 2.16

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
Eric writes: > Hi Lilypond helpers, > > The following snippet : > > http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Snippet?id=346 > > does not work any longer. > > The error occurs "In procedure car in expression (car pes): > /home/eric/musique/lilypond/test.ly:49:49: Wrong type (expecting pair): ()" > > that is, a

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
Eric Pancer writes: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:25 PM, David Kastrup wrote: >> Which is pretty much what we are talking about. I was not talking about >> /libexec but libexec, like the LilyPond executables are not in /bin but >> some bin (well, actually out/bin) and, after installation, in some

Snippet "music box" does not work in 2.16

2012-12-12 Thread Eric
Hi Lilypond helpers, The following snippet : http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Snippet?id=346 does not work any longer. The error occurs "In procedure car in expression (car pes): /home/eric/musique/lilypond/test.ly:49:49: Wrong type (expecting pair): ()" that is, at line (in function defineTransfor

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Eric Pancer
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:25 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > Which is pretty much what we are talking about. I was not talking about > /libexec but libexec, like the LilyPond executables are not in /bin but > some bin (well, actually out/bin) and, after installation, in some > /usr/local/bin (so the c

4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-12 Thread Eric Pancer
While writing some conga exercises (for four drums) in Lilypond, I've found I can get by using the following notes*: - bd (super tumba) - toml (tumba) - sn (conga) However, I'm looking for a 4th pitch to notate a quinto (high drum) and would like to use E6 (4th space in treble clef). Since ther

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
Eric Pancer writes: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:14 PM, David Kastrup wrote: >> The libexec route appears to cater for all of that. We should use bin >> just for executables supposed to be entry points of LilyPond. > > Please, no! > >>From man 1 hier > > [..] > libexec/ system

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Eric Pancer
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:14 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > The libexec route appears to cater for all of that. We should use bin > just for executables supposed to be entry points of LilyPond. Please, no! >From man 1 hier [..] libexec/ system daemons & system utilities (execute

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Graham Percival
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 09:14:12PM +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > Graham Percival writes: > > > The executable shims avoid those problems, while being relatively easy > > to explain to newbies. > > The libexec route appears to cater for all of that. We should use bin > just for executables suppo

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
Graham Percival writes: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 08:47:27PM +0100, Hans Aberg wrote: >> >> On 12 Dec 2012, at 16:32, David Kastrup wrote: >> > Stupid question: why would one create executable shims to something like >> > DIR/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/* in ~/bin and then add ~/bin to >

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Graham Percival
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 08:47:27PM +0100, Hans Aberg wrote: > > On 12 Dec 2012, at 16:32, David Kastrup wrote: > > Stupid question: why would one create executable shims to something like > > DIR/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/* in ~/bin and then add ~/bin to > > one's PATH when one can just

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Hans Aberg
On 12 Dec 2012, at 16:32, David Kastrup wrote: > Paul Morris writes: > >> On Dec 12, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Parham FH wrote: >> >>> I am curious if it is possible to run lilypond from the Mac OS X >>> (my case: 10.6.8) terminal >> >> Instructions are here: >> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Do

Re: unhiding a hidden staff at the NEXT line break (instead of previous line break)

2012-12-12 Thread nothingwavering
In case, I buried this detail too deep in the message, this needs to work WITHOUT explicit line breaking, due to multiple font-sizes and versions with different combinations of instruments. On Dec 12, 2012, at 11:05 AM, nothingwaver...@gmail.com wrote: > Greetings all. > > This forum was most

unhiding a hidden staff at the NEXT line break (instead of previous line break)

2012-12-12 Thread nothingwavering
Greetings all. This forum was most helpful recently in showing me how to use \context { \Staff \RemoveEmptyStaves } to hide non-empty staves containing music. The purpose of this was to swap a single staff with two combined voices for two separate staves with one voice each after a line break,

Re: Lyrics

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
"Maarten de Keijzer" writes: > Thanks, > With the following 'script' and syllables enclosed by "" I get a score > including the text: > > \score { > << > \new Devnull = "inv" { \chd } > \new ChordNames { > \set chordChanges = ##t > \chd > } >

Re: Tweaking notehead direction in chords

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
Arle Lommel writes: > Great Paul! Thanks for this. I wish I knew Scheme enough to do this > myself, but I've not learned it and for someone who doesn't know > Scheme, it looks really strange and the learning curve looks steep. Scheme is not all that hard to learn, but some kind of tricks you can

Re: My return to Lilypond

2012-12-12 Thread Shane Brandes
Eduardo, Nice job, perhaps hymnals are now obsolete. That would throw my synod into a tizzy. It makes me almost want a tablet. Hopefully you will raise a few pennies in your endeavor. Shane Brandes On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > David, > >> "David", not "Daniel". T

Re: My return to Lilypond

2012-12-12 Thread Kieren MacMillan
David, > "David", not "Daniel". The one with the constant harping, not the one > able to coexist peacefully with multiple versions of Lion. Ha! I see what you did there… Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org

Re: Tweaking notehead direction in chords

2012-12-12 Thread Arle Lommel
Great Paul! Thanks for this. I wish I knew Scheme enough to do this myself, but I've not learned it and for someone who doesn't know Scheme, it looks really strange and the learning curve looks steep. Best, -Arle On 2012 Dec 11, at 22:00 , Paul Morris wrote: > Hi Arle, > > Below is a rev

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Paul Morris
On Dec 12, 2012, at 10:32 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > Paul Morris writes: > >> On Dec 12, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Parham FH wrote: >> >>> I am curious if it is possible to run lilypond from the Mac OS X >>> (my case: 10.6.8) terminal >> >> Instructions are here: >> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.1

Neal Morse songbook done with LilyPond

2012-12-12 Thread Peter Crighton
Dear fellow Lilyponders, throughout this year I was working on a songbook, entirely done with LilyPond, for my favourite musician and American progressive rock legend Neal Morse. It got published a few days ago as a book and a PDF version: http://www.radiantrecords.com/products/428-sing-it-high-so

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Eric Pancer
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:32 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > Paul Morris writes: > >> On Dec 12, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Parham FH wrote: >> >>> I am curious if it is possible to run lilypond from the Mac OS X >>> (my case: 10.6.8) terminal >> >> Instructions are here: >> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
Paul Morris writes: > On Dec 12, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Parham FH wrote: > >> I am curious if it is possible to run lilypond from the Mac OS X >> (my case: 10.6.8) terminal > > Instructions are here: > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/web/macos-x > > "Running on the command-line" Stu

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Paul Morris
On Dec 12, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Parham FH wrote: > I am curious if it is possible to run lilypond from the Mac OS X > (my case: 10.6.8) terminal Instructions are here: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/web/macos-x "Running on the command-line" Cheers, -Paul __

Re: Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Eric Pancer
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Parham FH wrote: > I tried asking on IRC but got no replies. > I am curious if it is possible to run lilypond from the Mac OS X > (my case: 10.6.8) terminal since I am > generating the data for lilypond via a python application. > It would therefor be preferred to

Re: My return to Lilypond

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
Eduardo Silva writes: > Greetings! > After an inactivity of maybe 4+ years, I'm coming back to the Lilypond > users' community and to working with Lilypond. I must say I'm glad to > see the progress of this project. The documentation has been improved > a lot. I like the idea of a Learning Manual

Re: My return to Lilypond

2012-12-12 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 12 déc. 2012, at 14:57, Eduardo Silva wrote: > Greetings! > After an inactivity of maybe 4+ years, I'm coming back to the Lilypond users' > community and to working with Lilypond. I must say I'm glad to see the > progress of this project. The documentation has been improved a lot. I like >

Re: beam brackets

2012-12-12 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Thomas Morley" To: "Christopher Brooks" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 2:08 PM Subject: Re: beam brackets 2012/12/12 Christopher Brooks : \time 5/4 \repeat volta 2 { \times 4/7 {4.. ^\markup {seven against five} a'8

Lilypond in Mac OS X Terminal

2012-12-12 Thread Parham FH
Hello, I tried asking on IRC but got no replies. I am curious if it is possible to run lilypond from the Mac OS X (my case: 10.6.8) terminal since I am generating the data for lilypond via a python application. It would therefor be preferred to run lilypond from the terminal in an automated no

Re: beam brackets

2012-12-12 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Christopher Brooks" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 2:29 PM Subject: RE: beam brackets I've tried using paired brackets, that doesn't work either. However, the manual says you don't need paired beam brackets. Which manual? Please identify exactly

Re: beam brackets

2012-12-12 Thread Noeck
Am 12.12.2012 15:29, schrieb Christopher Brooks: > I've tried using paired brackets, that doesn't work either. However, the > manual says you don't need paired beam brackets. > >> \times 4/7 {4.. >> ^\markup {seven against five} a'8}] Here, you really should use \noBeam instea

RE: beam brackets

2012-12-12 Thread Christopher Brooks
I've tried using paired brackets, that doesn't work either. However, the manual says you don't need paired beam brackets. > \time 5/4 > > \repeat volta 2 { > > \times 4/7 {4.. > > ^\markup {seven against five} a'8}] > > \times 4/7 {d'8. a'4} > > \times

Re: beam brackets

2012-12-12 Thread Thomas Morley
2012/12/12 Christopher Brooks : > \time 5/4 > > \repeat volta 2 { > > \times 4/7 {4.. > > ^\markup {seven against five} a'8}] > > \times 4/7 {d'8. a'4} > > \times 4/7 {d'16 a'4.. a'16} > > \times 4/7 {d'4 a'8.} > > \times 4/7 {d'8 a'4.

My return to Lilypond

2012-12-12 Thread Eduardo Silva
Greetings! After an inactivity of maybe 4+ years, I'm coming back to the Lilypond users' community and to working with Lilypond. I must say I'm glad to see the progress of this project. The documentation has been improved a lot. I like the idea of a Learning Manual and a Notation Manual. I had t

beam brackets

2012-12-12 Thread Christopher Brooks
The Manual 3.1.4 seems to say that one can place [ . . .] anywhere to start and end beams, but when I do this to a file that otherwise works, it chokes. "However, the remaining bracket-like constructs, described with the word 'Marks' in the table above together with ties and tuplets, do not hav

Re: fingerings

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
Thomas Morley writes: > 2012/11/29 David Kastrup : >> Noeck writes: >> >>> Am 28.11.2012 21:42, schrieb Eluze: try { c'' d''-4 \parenthesize -4 e'' a c''-4 } Eluze >>> >>> Why does that work at all? I would have excpected that the (4) and the >>> 4 is printed on the d''

Re: one item on my wish list

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
Klaus Föhl writes: > There is Christmas around the corner, and the recent report from Noeck > on showcasing Lilypond at a teacher training reminds me on the outward > visibility. And on the topic of music integration in wiki environments. > > For the mediawiki software (known from its wikipedia u

one item on my wish list

2012-12-12 Thread Klaus Föhl
Dear all, There is Christmas around the corner, and the recent report from Noeck on showcasing Lilypond at a teacher training reminds me on the outward visibility. And on the topic of music integration in wiki environments. For the mediawiki software (known from its wikipedia use) there exists Ex

Re: Lyrics

2012-12-12 Thread Robert Schmaus
I see two options: 1) Instead of using \chd with your proper chords in it, you could just create a dummy chord voice like dummy = \chordmode { \repeat unfold n { c1 } } and use that to associate the Lyrics Staff with. That way you definitely have one "stop" per measure. I don't really ge

Re: Displaying string number above fingering

2012-12-12 Thread David Kastrup
Keith OHara writes: > Eluze gmail.com> writes: > >> maybe this could be merged into >> https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2830 > > That issue is about fingering and string numbers inside chord brackets <>, > documenting how the order of input works together with script-priority

Re: Displaying string number above fingering

2012-12-12 Thread Keith OHara
Eluze gmail.com> writes: > maybe this could be merged into > https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2830 That issue is about fingering and string numbers inside chord brackets <>, documenting how the order of input works together with script-priority 8( ) ( ) articulatio

\crossStaff and \stemDown

2012-12-12 Thread ornello
Hi all, how do I write a cross-staff chord with stems down? In the following fragment I want to connect the eighth notes of the upper staff to the eighth notes in the lower staff, but not to the quarter note in the lower staff: \version "2.16.0" \layout { \context { \Score autoBeaming

RE: Lyrics

2012-12-12 Thread Maarten de Keijzer
Thanks, With the following 'script' and syllables enclosed by "" I get a score including the text: \score { << \new Devnull = "inv" { \chd } \new ChordNames { \set chordChanges = ##t \chd } \new Staff << \new Voice = "