Re: chordname questions

2014-03-25 Thread Gerry Prosser
Thanks for the swift and helpful response ... 1. you are right that '6 add9' and 'add6 add 9' are indeed equivalent - I was looking at the wrong entry in the table in the Notation Reference. 2. Having looked further, I do think that some chords are generating incorrect chord names (but correct

chordname questions

2014-03-24 Thread Gerry Prosser
to generate the full triad). Gerry Prosser ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: transpose chords?

2012-06-25 Thread Gerry Prosser
I think you need to put a \transpose inside the chordnames{}, too On 25 June 2012 11:40, MING TSANG tsan...@rogers.com wrote: Here is the sample code. %%start \version 2.14.2 global = {\key g \major \time 4/4 \tempo 4 = 72} sopranoA = \relative c'' { \global

besideCN seems to have stopped working

2012-05-31 Thread Gerry Prosser
besideCN is used to display capo settings along with guitar chord names, but with 2.15.39 I get error message 'Unbound variable: $which-side' the last working score I have was compiled with 2.15.13 besideCN = #(define-music-function (parser location which-side added-text) (integer? string?)

Re: besideCN seems to have stopped working

2012-05-31 Thread Gerry Prosser
Choan ... if you are scheme-illiterate, what does that make me ? Removing the dollars certainly seems to work - thank you! Hopefully someone cleverer than us will be along shortly to explain why .. G On 31 May 2012 18:03, Choan Gálvez choan.gal...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/31/12 12:09 , Gerry

Re: besideCN seems to have stopped working

2012-05-31 Thread Gerry Prosser
wrote: Gerry Prosser ge...@chalkblue.co.uk writes: besideCN is used to display capo settings along with guitar chord names, but with 2.15.39 I get error message 'Unbound variable: $which-side' the last working score I have was compiled with 2.15.13 besideCN = #(define-music-function

Re: MIDI to mp3 or wav?

2012-01-17 Thread Gerry Prosser
I do it as a 2-stage process: timidity music.midi -Ow -o music.wav lame music.wav music.mp3 On 17 January 2012 07:54, Francisco Vila paconet@gmail.com wrote: 2012/1/17 Martin Tarenskeen m.tarensk...@zonnet.nl: Audacity will do it. I don't thinks so. Audacity does not

Re: Chord Naming

2010-04-25 Thread Gerry Prosser
Is there a similar 'easy' solution for 'dim' and 'aug' ? I don't (want to) understand guitar chords - I play the clarinet ! (I have tried \set dimSymbol and \set augSymbol but nothing changed) Gerry On 25 April 2010 13:53, Jack Cooper jack.coo...@rogers.com wrote: You don't have to do this

Cord Names vs midi Instrument

2010-03-20 Thread Gerry Prosser
Is it possible to override the midi instrument for named chords (to change it to a guitar, for instance) or is note format the only way ? thanks, Gerry ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Cord Names vs midi Instrument

2010-03-20 Thread Gerry Prosser
Thanks, Gilles, but I must have something else wrong here is my score section: \score { \new ChordNames \chordmode { \Chords } \set ChordNames.midiInstrument = acoustic guitar (nylon) \new Staff \Melody \lyricsto Melody

Cord Names vs midiInstrument

2010-03-19 Thread Gerry Prosser
Is it possible to override the midi instrument for named chords (to change it to a guitar, for instance) or is note format the only way ? Gerry ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: fretted string chord notation

2010-02-10 Thread Gerry Prosser
Thanks, Robin; that seems to work pretty well, especially if there is a chord on the first note. If not, then I have to specify a rest rather than a skip, which of course results in the dreaded N/C. But I can tipex that 8-) On 10 February 2010 10:09, Robin Bannister r...@dataway.ch wrote: Gerry

fretted string chord notation

2010-02-09 Thread Gerry Prosser
How can I enter text such as 'Capo 1' to the beginning of a line of chord names , please ? Gerry Prosser ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: overhead projection of lilypond scores

2008-10-20 Thread Gerry Prosser
-length worship song that would be rather tedious. If anyone can offer further advice for controlling the inter-system space generation (or any other suggestions), I would be most grateful! Gerry Prosser tel: 023 8026 8942 / mobile: 07785 291052 maythewordsofmymouth_response_melody.ly

overhead projection of lilypond scores

2008-10-13 Thread Gerry Prosser
when teaching a congregation a new worship song, it would be rather nice to project the melody line onto the screen as well as the words. But black-on-white is a projection disaster. It really needs to be yellow staff/text on a blue background. And probably a thicker text font than times new

overhead projection of lilypond scores

2008-10-13 Thread Gerry Prosser
when teaching a congregation a new worship song, it would be rather nice to project the melody line onto the screen as well as the words. But black-on-white is a projection disaster. It really needs to be yellow staff/text on a blue background. And probably a thicker text font than times new