Re: "Text spanner"-ish thing with text in the middle

2017-10-27 Thread Nathan Ho
On 2017-10-27 21:37, James Harkins wrote: I couldn't find this quickly: for an unmetered section, I'd like to indicate duration by tuplet-style brackets, only not a tuplet (no change to note durations) and with arbitrary text markup in the middle, e.g. if a tuplet goes :- 3 -: I'd like

"Text spanner"-ish thing with text in the middle

2017-10-27 Thread James Harkins
I couldn't find this quickly: for an unmetered section, I'd like to indicate duration by tuplet-style brackets, only not a tuplet (no change to note durations) and with arbitrary text markup in the middle, e.g. if a tuplet goes :- 3 -: I'd like :--- 10" ---:

Re: Multi-line chord modifiers

2017-10-27 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Jean Menezes da Rocha < > j...@menezesdarocha.info> wrote: > >> Heheh, I suspected I would have to adjust this manually for every chord, >> but was in denial, hoping for someone to point me to a more general >> solution. >> >> Thanks for the tip, this should

Re: Multi-line chord modifiers

2017-10-27 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Jean Menezes da Rocha < j...@menezesdarocha.info> wrote: > Heheh, I suspected I would have to adjust this manually for every chord, > but was in denial, hoping for someone to point me to a more general > solution. > > Thanks for the tip, this should work! > > > Em

Re: Multi-line chord modifiers

2017-10-27 Thread Jean Menezes da Rocha
Heheh, I suspected I would have to adjust this manually for every chord, but was in denial, hoping for someone to point me to a more general solution. Thanks for the tip, this should work! Em sex, 27 de out de 2017 às 17:18, Flaming Hakama by Elaine < ela...@flaminghakama.com> escreveu: > >

Re: Suggestions for page layout

2017-10-27 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
From: Abraham Lee > To: Flaming Hakama by Elaine > Cc: Lilypond-User Mailing List > Subject: Re: Suggestions for page layout > >> >> > Abraham, those PDF-BatchBooklet utitilies look like precisely what I need, >>

Re: Multi-line chord modifiers

2017-10-27 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
> From: Jean Menezes da Rocha > To: lilypond-user > Subject: Multi-line chord modifiers > Hello, > I am looking for a way to print chord modifiers in separate lines. For > example, I have the chord AMaj7(6)(9). What I want is to print the symbol >

Cross-staff beam slope - can it be specified?

2017-10-27 Thread David Sumbler
\version "2.19.48" \new PianoStaff {   << { \new Staff = "upper" {   \stemDown c'8. \change Staff = lower \stemUp g16   \change Staff = upper \stemNeutral 2. } } { \new Staff = "lower" {   \clef "bass" s4  2. } }   >> } In the above rather silly example, the beam

Re: Configuration doubleslur?

2017-10-27 Thread Pieter Terpstra
Pieter Terpstra wrote: > Configuration doubleslur? > Solved it in this way, but maybe someone knows a simpler or better way? \relative c' { \time 2/4 << { \voiceOne %\override Slur.positions = #'(-3 . -3) r8 [_()] } \\ { \voiceTwo \hideNotes r8 s [^()] } >> }

Re: Invisible note lines?

2017-10-27 Thread Christopher R. Maden
On 10/27/2017 12:25 PM, bb wrote: I interpret this to have to comment out one of the two \score blocks for printing and the other for to get the midi? or do I miss the point? Try it! If you run LilyPond on a file foo.ly with \score { ...music \layout {} } \score { ...music \midi {} } you’ll

Re: Invisible note lines?

2017-10-27 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 27.10.2017 um 18:25 schrieb bb: I interpret this to have to comment out one of the two \score blocks for printing and the other for to get the midi? or do I miss the point? No, you just put two score blocks in your .ly file. If one score block contains a \midi block and *no* layout block,

Re: Invisible note lines?

2017-10-27 Thread bb
I interpret this to have to comment out one of the two \score blocks for printing and the other for to get the midi? or do I miss the point? Regards BB Am 27.10.2017 um 18:07 schrieb Marc Hohl: > Am 27.10.2017 um 18:04 schrieb bb: >> For a backing track I want a melody line and chords printed on

Re: rim shot

2017-10-27 Thread Robert Schmaus
Actually, I (not a drummer as well but a bassist, so close enough ...) would suggest not to translate this at all. I've never played with a dummer (german speaking) who didn't call a rim shot "rim shot". I've never heard of a "Randschlag" or indeed any German word for this percussive element

Re: Invisible note lines?

2017-10-27 Thread Caagr98
You can use \tag and \removeWithTag for that. On 10/27/17 18:04, bb wrote: > For a backing track I want a melody line and chords printed on a lead > sheet - standard with lilypond. > But a midi should have an aditional kickdrum/bassdrum for rhythm. The > notes should not be visible on the lead

Re: Invisible note lines?

2017-10-27 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 27.10.2017 um 18:04 schrieb bb: For a backing track I want a melody line and chords printed on a lead sheet - standard with lilypond. But a midi should have an aditional kickdrum/bassdrum for rhythm. The notes should not be visible on the lead sheet but to hear in the midi. Is it possible to

Re: Suggestions for page layout

2017-10-27 Thread Abraham Lee
On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Flaming Hakama by Elaine < ela...@flaminghakama.com> wrote: > > > I'm looking for a way to create the pdfs necessary > > for doing the booklet layout. > > Abraham, those PDF-BatchBooklet utitilies look like precisely what I need, > although in a UI rather than

Invisible note lines?

2017-10-27 Thread bb
For a backing track I want a melody line and chords printed on a lead sheet - standard with lilypond. But a midi should have an aditional kickdrum/bassdrum for rhythm. The notes should not be visible on the lead sheet but to hear in the midi. Is it possible to add notes for midi but invisible on

rim shot

2017-10-27 Thread bb
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/percussion-in-midi In the german Manual I found some funny translation for rim shot: Peitschenschlag. I am not a drummer, but I think that should read as "Randschlag" or "Rahmenschlag" for a drum or snare drum. German readers will understand

Re: guitar/bass as a transposing instrument and midi

2017-10-27 Thread bb
Thank you, \transposition works nice. Only to find it. May be a tiny reference in the midi chapter might be helpful? Regards BB Am 27.10.2017 um 16:14 schrieb David Kastrup: > bb writes: > >> Thanks,  I will try to apply \transposition pitch. >> >> I was looking in

Configuration doubleslur?

2017-10-27 Thread Pieter Terpstra
Dear people, Don't know if it is possible but wonder if there is a way to get the topslur down to almost touch the noteheads? Have this example for you: \version "2.18.2" \relative c' { \set doubleSlurs = ##t %\override Slur.positions = #'(1 . 1) \time 2/4 r8 [()] } Thank you so much

Multi-line chord modifiers

2017-10-27 Thread Jean Menezes da Rocha
Hello, I am looking for a way to print chord modifiers in separate lines. For example, I have the chord AMaj7(6)(9). What I want is to print the symbol "A", followed by vertically aligned: Maj7 6 9 I can't find a property by which I can customize the chord alteration separator to be at least a

Re: guitar/bass as a transposing instrument and midi

2017-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
bb writes: > Thanks,  I will try to apply \transposition pitch. > > I was looking in the midi part of the manual. Logically for me, this > problem only relates midi?   It doesn't relate only to Midi (also to cue notes and quotes), but yes, that's sort of a reasonable

Re: guitar/bass as a transposing instrument and midi

2017-10-27 Thread bb
Thanks,  I will try to apply \transposition pitch. I was looking in the midi part of the manual. Logically for me, this problem only relates midi?   Could be nice to have something simple like \transpose c c, { \midi{} } Regards BB Am 27.10.2017 um 14:22 schrieb David Kastrup: > bb

Re: guitar/bass as a transposing instrument and midi

2017-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
bb writes: > A /transposing instrument/ is one in which the absolute pitches of the > notes played on the instrument are shifted up or down by a certain > amount, compared to how they are written in notation. \clef "treble_8" > for guitar takes account of, but is not

Re: guitar/bass as a transposing instrument and midi

2017-10-27 Thread Caagr98
I think you could use a combination of \transposition and \transpose. \transposition changes how the pitches are written, but not the midi. \transpose changes both. On 10/27/17 13:50, bb wrote: > A /transposing instrument/ is one in which the absolute pitches of the notes > played on the

guitar/bass as a transposing instrument and midi

2017-10-27 Thread bb
A /transposing instrument/ is one in which the absolute pitches of the notes played on the instrument are shifted up or down by a certain amount, compared to how they are written in notation. \clef "treble_8" for guitar takes account of, but is not always written, as that transposing property ias

Re: Multi-byte characters in Lyrics

2017-10-27 Thread Thomas Morley
2017-10-27 12:34 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup : > It has nothing to do with how you arrive at "⁹": Guile-1.8 will not > print it properly. Indeed. Even below doesn't work: guile> "⁹" "�\x81�" Though, I found a very crude way to do so, requring guilev2 is on your system. In my case it's

Re: Multi-byte characters in Lyrics

2017-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
Maurits Lamers writes: >> Op 27 okt. 2017, om 10:18 heeft David Kastrup het >> volgende geschreven: >> >> Maurits Lamers > >> writes: >> >>> Hi, >>> > > I cannot convert a multi-byte

Re: Multi-byte characters in Lyrics

2017-10-27 Thread Maurits Lamers
> Op 27 okt. 2017, om 10:18 heeft David Kastrup het volgende > geschreven: > > Maurits Lamers > > writes: > >> Hi, >> I cannot convert a multi-byte character to a symbol, unless I do some very inelegant

Re: Instrument Name Alignment

2017-10-27 Thread gpodkolzin
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Re: Multi-byte characters in Lyrics

2017-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
Maurits Lamers writes: > Hi, > >>> >>> I cannot convert a multi-byte character to a symbol, unless I do some >>> very inelegant hacks. >> >> Huh? string->symbol works just fine. So what do you mean when you say >> "symbol"? > > This is partly because of a mistake on

Re: Multi-byte characters in Lyrics

2017-10-27 Thread Maurits Lamers
Hi, >> >> I cannot convert a multi-byte character to a symbol, unless I do some >> very inelegant hacks. > > Huh? string->symbol works just fine. So what do you mean when you say > "symbol"? This is partly because of a mistake on my end. I defined my braille dots lookup alist through

Re: Multi-byte characters in Lyrics

2017-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
Maurits Lamers writes: >> Op 26 okt. 2017, om 17:27 heeft David Kastrup het >> volgende geschreven: >> >> Maurits Lamers > >> writes: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am writing an extension to lilypond to