Re: Input syntax question

2019-09-29 Thread David Wright
On Sun 29 Sep 2019 at 21:00:58 (-0400), Freeman Gilmore wrote: > Aaron Hill wrote: > > With quotation marks, you can break a lot of the rules: > > > > > > \version "2.19.83" > > > > "Anything?! { c'4 } " = { c'4 } > > > > { \"Anything?! { c'4 } " } > > > > Then would { \"Anything?! { c'4

Lyrics in polyphony with ties in second voice

2019-09-29 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
Hi. I'm hoping someone can help me figure out how to notate this. I am creating a lead sheet that has vocal line with lyrics. Some sections have just the melody, and other sections have harmonies under the melody. In general, I have been having success using this pattern for going into and out

Re: Input syntax question

2019-09-29 Thread Freeman Gilmore
> > With quotation marks, you can break a lot of the rules: > > > \version "2.19.83" > > "Anything?! { c'4 } " = { c'4 } > > { \"Anything?! { c'4 } " } > Then would { \"Anything?! { c'4 } " } be equivalent to { \{ c'4 } } ? > > Whether it is prudent to do such a thing is another

Re: [OT] dicemusic -- a common-lisp generator of lilypond scores

2019-09-29 Thread Mark Probert
Aaron Hill wrote: > > Be aware the final measure of the first half of the waltz needs to be > written as two alternatives. ... This corrects the otherwise odd-sounding > minor second intervals that appear in the left hand. > Thank you. I only discovered the opus-infinity site after I'd had

Re: Input syntax question

2019-09-29 Thread mskala
On Mon, 30 Sep 2019, Andrew Bernard wrote: > The grammar is in Appendix A of the Lilypond Contributor's Guide. Thanks. How about the definitions of the terminals, such as STRING and SYMBOL? -- Matthew Skala msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca People before tribes.

Re: Input syntax question

2019-09-29 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Matthew, The grammar is in Appendix A of the Lilypond Contributor's Guide. Andrew On 30/9/19 5:15 am, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: Is there a formal grammar of the Lilypond language anywhere, other than the source code itself? ___

Re: Input syntax question

2019-09-29 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2019-09-29 12:15 pm, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: On Sun, 29 Sep 2019, Thomas Morley wrote: > What characters are allowed in variable names? From NR: "The name of a [LilyPond-]variable should have alphabetic characters only; no numbers, underscores or dashes." Thanks. I had a hard

Re: Input syntax question

2019-09-29 Thread mskala
On Sun, 29 Sep 2019, Thomas Morley wrote: > > What characters are allowed in variable names? > > From NR: > "The name of a [LilyPond-]variable should have alphabetic characters > only; no numbers, underscores or dashes." Thanks. I had a hard time finding this in the manual. > Note the "yet"!!

Re: Input syntax question

2019-09-29 Thread Thomas Morley
Am So., 29. Sept. 2019 um 18:57 Uhr schrieb : > > What characters are allowed in variable names? > > -- > Matthew Skala > msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca People before tribes. > https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/ From NR: "The name of a [LilyPond-]variable should have alphabetic characters only;

Input syntax question

2019-09-29 Thread mskala
What characters are allowed in variable names? -- Matthew Skala msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca People before tribes. https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/ ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: [OT] dicemusic -- a common-lisp generator of lilypond scores

2019-09-29 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2019-09-28 9:12 pm, Mark Probert wrote: Hi, all. While not of general interest, I thought some of you might find this small project of mine amusing. I was recently inspired by a YT video to have a go at coding one of the late 18th C dice music games (the "Mozart" Waltz generator Simrock

Re: [OT] dicemusic -- a common-lisp generator of lilypond scores

2019-09-29 Thread Mark Probert
Orm wrote: > > In case this is unintentional: Rather than "Eine Kleine Waltzer" you'd > say "Ein kleiner Walzer" in German (you can capitalize the "kleiner" > if you prefer). > Thank you! To my shame I have no German and I'm sorry I managled your language. I will correct the error. Kind

Re: [OT] dicemusic -- a common-lisp generator of lilypond scores

2019-09-29 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Hi Mark, thanks for sharing. It's always good to know about people using CL. I'm an avid CL user for many years and maintain some packages. If you're interested, drop me a note off-list and we can share ideas. In case this is unintentional: Rather than "Eine Kleine Waltzer" you'd say "Ein