Re: Unconventional score and unwanted stray staff lines

2019-11-30 Thread David Bellows
Sorry Flaming Hakama by Elaine, > Very unclear what the original issue is. If by "workarounds" you mean the > context definitions that remove various engravers, then it is unclear what > you expect to print if you remove everything. I was making a dumb assumption that the history of this

Re: Overriding position of a full bar rest does not always work

2019-11-30 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Peter, > The following MWE shows that the full bar rests are not shifted as I would > have expected in the parallel voices. Bars 5 and 6 print the rests at > different heights. Have I missed a property somewhere? Well, rests are Rest, and full-bar rests are MultiMeasureRest… ;) >

Re: Unconventional score and unwanted stray staff lines

2019-11-30 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
-- Forwarded message -- > From: David Bellows > To: > Cc: lilypond-user Mailinglist > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 14:18:48 -0800 > Subject: Re: Unconventional score and unwanted stray staff lines > > As I was playing around with my software (summary: a program that >

Line by line! Re: How to proofread?

2019-11-30 Thread Roland Goretzki
Hello, for me proofreading line by line as Wol described is the most helpfull method, and I use it as the top method beside reading the original in combination with hearing the midi-output. Best Regards Roland

Re: How to proofread?

2019-11-30 Thread Wol
On 30/11/2019 15:35, Jinsong Zhao wrote: Hi there, It's may be some off topic. After a long struggle, I have nearly done the input of a sheet music. Then, I need to proofread it. Generally, I split the screen into left and right frames, and put the score that Lilypond output and the

Re: How to proofread?

2019-11-30 Thread Nora Widdecke
Hi Jinsong, I found that proofreading visually does not really work for me, I just overlook too many errors. But I can recommend listening to MIDI output. I usually take single voices (or sometimes one voice for checking and e.g. bass for reference) while reading the original. Listening to

Re: Coloring adjacent notes by interval

2019-11-30 Thread David Kastrup
Michael Käppler writes: > Am 29.11.2019 um 23:27 schrieb David Kastrup: >> Michael Käppler writes: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I would like to color all successive notes in a voice that span a >>> certain interval, like e.g. a perfect fifth upwards. >>> Seems to me the most straightforward and

Re: Coloring adjacent notes by interval

2019-11-30 Thread Michael Käppler
Am 29.11.2019 um 23:27 schrieb David Kastrup: Michael Käppler writes: Hi all, I would like to color all successive notes in a voice that span a certain interval, like e.g. a perfect fifth upwards. Seems to me the most straightforward and extensible way would be to write a scheme engraver for

Display the name of the staff of a note/rest/chord/skip-event

2019-11-30 Thread Paolo Prete
Hello,  given a note/rest/chord/skip-event is there a way to display the name of its staff? I need to check if it belongs to staff "UP" or "DOWN" of a piano-staff.What if I use map-some-music() function?       (map-some-music (lambda (evt)          (let ((name

RE: How to proofread?

2019-11-30 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
David, Insigtful! I shall change my proofing. Mark -Original Message- From: lilypond-user [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org] On Behalf Of David Nalesnik Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2019 7:46 AM To: Jinsong Zhao Cc: lilypond-user Subject: Re: How to

Re: How to proofread?

2019-11-30 Thread mason
On 11/30, Jinsong Zhao wrote: > Hi there, > > It's may be some off topic. After a long struggle, I have nearly done > the input of a sheet music. Then, I need to proofread it. > > Generally, I split the screen into left and right frames, and put the > score that Lilypond output and the original

Re: How to proofread?

2019-11-30 Thread Knute Snortum
On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 7:36 AM Jinsong Zhao wrote: > > Hi there, > > It's may be some off topic. After a long struggle, I have nearly done > the input of a sheet music. Then, I need to proofread it. > > Generally, I split the screen into left and right frames, and put the > score that Lilypond

Re: programming error: note column without heads and stem

2019-11-30 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Fr., 29. Nov. 2019 um 12:11 Uhr schrieb Sandro Santilli : > > When using \partcombine I'm getting 3 of these errors: > > programming error: note column without heads and stem > continuing, cross fingers > > The errors doesn't tell which line/column they come from. > How can I debug it ? > >

Re: How to proofread?

2019-11-30 Thread Trevor
"Jinsong Zhao" wrote 30/11/2019 15:35:23 It's may be some off topic. After a long struggle, I have nearly done the input of a sheet music. Then, I need to proofread it. Generally, I split the screen into left and right frames, and put the score that Lilypond output and the original one

Overriding position of a full bar rest does not always work

2019-11-30 Thread Peter Toye
The following MWE shows that the full bar rests are not shifted as I would have expected in the parallel voices. Bars 5 and 6 print the rests at different heights. Have I missed a property somewhere? I experimented with voiced-position but that didn't affect the full-bar rests. Alternatively,

Re: How to proofread?

2019-11-30 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Jinsong, On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 9:36 AM Jinsong Zhao wrote: > > Hi there, > > It's may be some off topic. After a long struggle, I have nearly done > the input of a sheet music. Then, I need to proofread it. > > Generally, I split the screen into left and right frames, and put the > score

How to proofread?

2019-11-30 Thread Jinsong Zhao
Hi there, It's may be some off topic. After a long struggle, I have nearly done the input of a sheet music. Then, I need to proofread it. Generally, I split the screen into left and right frames, and put the score that Lilypond output and the original one into each frame, and read/compare

Re: A question about \override in markuplist

2019-11-30 Thread David Kastrup
Peter Toye writes: > David, > > Thanks for this. My comments are below. My mind is much clearer now. > > - > Friday, November 29, 2019, 10:25:36 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > >> Peter Toye writes: > >>> I'm a bit confused by he documentation concerning \override. In most

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

2019-11-30 Thread David Nalesnik
On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 7:40 AM Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > Hi Phil, > > > What on earth does a gradual piano pedal release achieve? Either the > > dampers are touching the strings or they're not, so it's in effect a binary > > choice. > > That’s not true: the amount of pressure applied by the

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

2019-11-30 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Phil, > What on earth does a gradual piano pedal release achieve? Either the dampers > are touching the strings or they're not, so it's in effect a binary choice. That’s not true: the amount of pressure applied by the dampers — from 100% to 0% — is graduated (based on how much gravity is

Re: question about ottava spanner

2019-11-30 Thread Jinsong Zhao
On 2019/11/30 18:56, Thomas Morley wrote: Am Sa., 30. Nov. 2019 um 02:19 Uhr schrieb Jinsong Zhao : On 2019/11/30 2:23, Thomas Morley wrote: \ottava works for Staff. You told LilyPond to write your entered Staff-input one octave below. Thus the OttavaBracket _needs_ to span the upper

Re: A question about \override in markuplist

2019-11-30 Thread Peter Toye
Carl, Thanks for this. My comments are below. Peter - Friday, November 29, 2019, 7:25:59 PM, Carl Sorensen wrote: Peter, Thank you for asking this question. It is good for us to have relatively new users let us know what things are confusing, so we can try to

Re: A question about \override in markuplist

2019-11-30 Thread Peter Toye
David, Thanks for this. My comments are below. My mind is much clearer now. - Friday, November 29, 2019, 10:25:36 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > Peter Toye writes: >> I'm a bit confused by he documentation concerning \override. In most >> of the LR and NR it is described

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

2019-11-30 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Sa., 30. Nov. 2019 um 11:50 Uhr schrieb Andrew Bernard : > I don't write this stuff, I am merely the harmless drudge that tries to > engrave it! [...] > I have seen other composers write the same thing also. I think > it's a type of modernist composer shared delusion. > > The things we

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

2019-11-30 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Sa., 30. Nov. 2019 um 01:20 Uhr schrieb Andrew Bernard : > > I wonder if it is possible to indicate piano pedal gradual release off, > and gradual on, using curves? Please refer to attached shots of MS. > > We have been able to do great things with pedal lines before in response > my requests,

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

2019-11-30 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Am Samstag, 30 Nov 2019 10:24:30 - schrieb Phil Holmes: > What on earth does a gradual piano pedal release achieve? Either the > dampers are touching the strings or they're not, so it's in effect a > binary choice. So a gradual release simply makes the time the sustain > ends somewhat

Re: question about ottava spanner

2019-11-30 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Sa., 30. Nov. 2019 um 02:19 Uhr schrieb Jinsong Zhao : > > On 2019/11/30 2:23, Thomas Morley wrote: > > > > \ottava works for Staff. You told LilyPond to write your entered > > Staff-input one octave below. Thus the OttavaBracket _needs_ to span > > the upper Voice (although you tweaked it's

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

2019-11-30 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hello Phil, I don't write this stuff, I am merely the harmless drudge that tries to engrave it! Although I think it's somewhat stupid, I will say, speaking as somebody who has made harpsichords most of my life, and messed around with many keyboard instruments, it is possible to hear very,

Re: Piano pedal gradual release

2019-11-30 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Andrew Bernard" To: Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2019 12:20 AM Subject: Piano pedal gradual release I wonder if it is possible to indicate piano pedal gradual release off, and gradual on, using curves? Please refer to attached shots of MS. We have been