Re: musicxml2ly from sibelius

2012-04-11 Thread Andrew Black
On Apr 10, 2012 5:26 PM, Phil Holmes m...@philholmes.net wrote: I'm a bit surprised you have musicxml from Sibelius. As far as I was aware, it doesn't export into _any_ useful interchange format, including musicxml. Googling suggests there is an expensive 3rd party program.

Re: BarNumber 'break-visibility

2008-03-13 Thread Andrew Black - lists
Mats Bengtsson wrote: Why not use the official documentation? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond-internals/item_002dinterface#item_002dinterface I did look up in the index to _lilypond-internals_ and could find anything very relevant. How does one find the page that

BarNumber 'break-visibility

2008-03-12 Thread Andrew Black - lists
I am a little confused by the following : \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = ##(#f #t #t) \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #end-of-line-invisible - what is the default for before you tweak - by setting end-of-line-invisible do I set the

Re: ANN: LilyKDE, tool to work with LilyPond in KDE

2008-02-15 Thread Andrew Black
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 08:39:11AM +0100, Wilbert Berendsen wrote: Hi, I just released version 0.3 of my shiny new lil' pet project: LilyKDE. It combines the power of KDE, Kate and KPDF to make editing LilyPond files in KDE easier. If you use KDE you might like it:

Re: Beaming question

2008-02-14 Thread Andrew Black
Steve Dunlop wrote: 4/4 time. Lilypond 2.11.33. I'm trying to get the autobeaming behavior to match an existing style I have read and re-read the autobeaming description and find it too complex. I want to beam quavers and semiquavers so that they always stop on a crotchet beat. Ie a8

Re: file structure (hierarchy)

2008-02-12 Thread Andrew Black
Graham Percival wrote: Anybody confused about file structure: Please read the Learing Manual on the GDP website: http://web.uvic.ca/~gperciva/ LM 3.1 How LilyPond files work in particular. 3.1.1 Introduction to the LilyPond file structure has clarified things for me. It is a great

Re: file structure (hierarchy) - where to put \set

2008-02-12 Thread Andrew Black
I have been playing with skipBars and have been getting rather confused. My view is that it is preferable to put the skipBars (and other \set commands) into a section away from the music. I have tried the following but get t_layout.ly:11:5: error: syntax error, unexpected \set \set

Numbers in variable names Re: thoughts

2007-01-01 Thread Andrew Black - lists
Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: c4_\staccato_\markup { bla } does this reference \staccato or \staccato_ ? It might be possible to enable numbers, though. I would welcome an analysis. I would really like to see numbers in name of variables. I am not expert on parsers so apologies if this is

Help with lyric contexts

2006-12-17 Thread Andrew Black - lists
I am probably doing something really silly, but this is driving me nuts \version 2.8.6 \score { \new Voice = cantor{ a c b } \new Lyrics \lyricsto cantor { please work } } ../exper/vocal_word.ly:5:5: error: syntax error, unexpected \\new \new Lyrics \lyricsto cantor {

Re: archives

2006-12-06 Thread Andrew Black - lists
Is there an archive anywhere to search for answers to certain questions, so as not to repeat the same questions all the time? http://www.nabble.com/Gnu---Lilypond-f1718.html may also help ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Number of pages output

2006-12-05 Thread Andrew Black - lists
Is it possible to print out the number of pages that Lilypond has output to a PDF. Or even better, can you add a check in the code that you are on the page you expect (a bit like barNumberCheck). So I could put \pageNumberCheck 2 at the end of part and if it has spilled onto 3 pages I can

MIDI volumes

2006-12-03 Thread Andrew Black - lists
I am trying to change the volume of a Midi track (want one louder than the rest). All I can find is the following which I don't understand. midiMaximumVolume (number) Analogous to midiMinimumVolume. midiMinimumVolume (number) Sets the minimum loudness for MIDI. Ranges from 0 to 1.

More than one word to a note

2006-10-29 Thread Andrew Black - lists
Hi I want to set more than one word to a note . So for example I might have Semibreve| minim minim c1 | c2 c2 Glory be to the father and to the Cheers ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Use of a global and contexts

2006-09-12 Thread Andrew Black - lists
I am trying to get a global section that contains tempi etc. I can get it to work for one line (thanks to adviace on this list earlier) but the folowing example givea an error. exaglob1.ly:13:8: error: syntax error, unexpected \\context === \version 2.8.5 \include english.ly

Re: Printing tempo marks on every part

2006-08-27 Thread Andrew Black - lists
yota moteuchi wrote: concerning the bars you may use a global part containing only skips and bars you can then combine them as you wish (in a part or for all the parts). have a look at http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BachJS/BWV1068/bach-air/bach-air-lys.zip or

Muliple versions of Lilypond

2006-08-27 Thread Andrew Black - lists
Hi Is it possible to install mulitple versions of Lilypond (on Mandrake 10.1 Linux). Any pitfalls to beware of Andrew ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Printing tempo marks on every part

2006-08-25 Thread Andrew Black - lists
I would like to specify things like tempo marks, double bars, rehearsal makrs in one part only (say piano part) but print them on very part. I want to print as below but only have to specify the details in one part == (Vn 1 part: ) Andante ... [A]

Repeating a chord

2005-10-10 Thread andrew Black
I want to create repeated chords (in a piano part). I have tried c e g*4 but this gives unexpected *. Is the * notation only applicable to full bar rests (eg R1*4). ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Combining 2 semibreves

2005-10-08 Thread andrew Black
Hi I have 2 voices on the same stave. Sometimes both parts are singing the same note. This is notated to 2 semibreves side by side. Is it possible to combine the two. Andrew ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Already have music in score

2005-08-05 Thread andrew Black
Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: Pretty much what they say. Did you snip away part of the messages, the .ly context is missing? Exact outut is as follows - doesnt give any context : GNU LilyPond 2.4.2 Processing `error.ly' Parsing... error: Already have music in score error: This is the previous

Already have music in score

2005-08-04 Thread andrew Black
What do the following messages mean ? error: Already have music in score error: This is the previous music (Using LilyPond 2.4.2) ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Repeating words

2005-08-03 Thread andrew Black
Mats Bengtsson wrote: Read the first sentence of http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.6/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Entering-lyrics.html#Entering-lyrics Mats Can you explain this. I don't follow the answer. Andrew ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Repeating words

2005-08-02 Thread andrew Black
I am trying to set something with of words that repeat a lot . To avoid typing (or cut pasting) too much I thought of doing mywords = { These are the words } \relative {c d e f c d e f } \addlyrics { \mywords \mywords } but it doesnt like the mywords = { These are the words } Can anyone

Break not at a bar line

2005-06-16 Thread andrew Black
Hi Is it possible to break between systems other than at a bar line. Hymn books tend to split the systems between lines of the music rather than bar lines. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Already have music in score

2005-06-12 Thread andrew Black
Hi The example below is producing error message Already have music in score. Any suggestions to what is wrong . GNU LilyPond 2.4.2 Processing `silentNoonWords.ly' Parsing... error: Already have music in score error: This is the previous music warning: Need music in a score

jEdit Toolbar

2005-06-08 Thread andrew Black
Is it possible to hide/show the Lilypond toolbar in jEdit. The ideal would be to show it only if editing a .ly file. I use jEdit for much more than .ly and it would be nice to save real estate. BTW - is there a list more focussed to jEdit and Lily issues?

How contexts fit together - doc suggestion

2005-06-05 Thread andrew Black
Hi Something that I am beginning to understand better is how the various contexts fit together.- for example Staff can contain Voice, I can only find this sort of information at a fairly deep level in the manual - lilypond-internals/Staff.htm I would like to have a go at trying to write my

Question on syntax

2005-05-31 Thread andrew Black
Mats Bengtsson wrote: ... \context{ \Lyrics \override LyricText #'font-size = #2 I am finding certain aspects of Lilypond's syntax a little cryptic. Specifically - what is the difference between \context Lyrics= \context { \Lyrics ... } - what is

Double bar for one stave only

2005-05-25 Thread andrew Black
Hi Can I set a double bar in one stave only ? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lyrics / staffs/ contexts - which way is best for me

2005-05-24 Thread andrew Black
Thanks Ruud for a useful template. And thanks Mats for giving me some insight into contexts. Taken together I am beginning to piece the concepts together, Ruud van Silfhout wrote: rightHandMusic = \relative c' { c d e f } leftHandMusic = \relative c { e f g a } \score { \context

Problem with Fonts on Mandrake 10.2 - lily-guile: can't find tex256.enc

2005-03-31 Thread andrew Black
Here is a bit more detail on the problem I have been having with fonts on Lilypond-2.4.2 (on Mandrake 10.1) The error is warning: lily-guile: can't find tex256.enc These are the relevant packages I have glibc-devel-2.3.3-20mdk lilypond-2.4.2-1thac ec-fonts-mftraced-1.0.8-1

Can't find tex256.enc

2005-03-29 Thread andrew Black
Hi I have installed LilyPond 2.4.2 from my Mandrake 10.1 disk. I am getting the error. warning: lily-guile: can't find tex256.enc How can I get round this. Should I be going for a later version? If so which . Cheers ___ lilypond-user mailing list