Re: Why are my full-measure rests engraved as two rests?

for the prompt response. It's a little obscure; as it's written the manual says one thing without reservation and then partially contradicts itself further down. -- Henry LawManchester, England ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Why are my full-measure rests engraved as two rests?

lawshouse.org/music/minimal_example.jpg I tried it without Pitch_squash_engraver, and also without improvisationOn and got the same results. Sigh ... I expect it's me, but I can't see what I'm doing wrong. -- Henry LawManchester, England _

Re: Scoring song with multiple sections (with min example)

e" { this is the bridge } \context Lyrics = "first" \lyricsto "voiceThreeFour" { this is verse three } \context Lyrics = "second" \lyricsto "voiceThreeFour" { this is verse four } That was it! Thank you so much. I had dimly perceived the

Re: Scoring song with multiple sections (with min example)

write it as three verses, using \skip to get the words into the right places horizontally; but it seems like a kludge so if there's a better way I'd like to know what it is. -- Henry LawManchester, England ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Scoring song with multiple sections

earched the error message as best I can and can't make it make sense in this context. Am I moving in the right direction or is this a dead end of confusion? -- Henry LawManchester, England ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Scoring song with multiple sections

's an schoolboy error (that's the kind of mistake I'm making right now) but I've reviewed the learning manual, especially "Music expressions explained" and also the snippets without finding the answer. Can someone help me please? -- Henry LawManchester, England __

Re: Added ninth chord (symbol)

ommunities in multiple countries over many hundreds of years) it would have been more straightforward :-) I'm impressed with how much of the oddity of music notation lilypond does handle. Far more than any other scoring program I've any acquaintance with. -- Henry LawMancheste

Re: Added ninth chord (symbol)

On 30/04/16 13:49, Henry Law wrote: \new ChordNames { \set additionalPitchPrefix = "add" \chordmode { c:5.9 c:m7.5- c:5+.9- } } Another wrinkle I've just found. If you want a minor chord with an added ninth (say) you can't code, for instance, d:m.9 as it gives an e

Re: Added ninth chord (symbol)

On 29/04/16 18:22, Henry Law wrote: In a lead sheet I want to use the chord which I call an "added ninth". Using the key of C as an example, I want the chord C-E-G-D: a plain major triad with the ninth added on top. I've documented my experiences in the relevant places in the thread

Re: Added ninth chord (symbol)

of thing! -- Henry LawManchester, England ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Added ninth chord (symbol)

fine with \chordmode too: \version "2.18.2" \new ChordNames { \set additionalPitchPrefix = "add" \chordmode { c:5.9 c:m7.5- c:5+.9- } } (Gives Cadd9 Cø C#5addb9 Cadd9 C9, exactly as required.) -- Henry LawManchester, England _

Re: Added ninth chord (symbol)

On 29/04/16 22:20, Brett Duncan wrote: You can also use "c1:5.9", which just adds the 9th over the basic triad. I coded g2:5.9 in chordmode and got G9, which isn't the right chord. I'm pursuing pop-chords.ly. -- Henry LawMancheste

Re: Added ninth chord (symbol)

at manuals. (In fact I googled for "pop-chords.ly" and got the hits I need). Thank you. Were you typing your reply before I sent my question? -- Henry LawManchester, England ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu

Added ninth chord (symbol)

I'm hoping there is some magic somewhere to help. -- Henry LawManchester, England ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: How to get swing feel from dotted notation?

lay it on a keyboard and save the (quantized) note values as MIDI. -- Henry LawManchester, England ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Multiple stanza lines under second section of music

yphen not finished yet" bug ...) Thanks, Thomas, also for the pointer to the "techniques specific to lyrics". 3. On 28/03/16 13:05, Christoph Friedrich wrote: > refrain-empty = \lyricmode { > " " " " " " " " " " " " &

Multiple stanza lines under second section of music

have this layout. Can someone tell me the right way to do it? (Small fragment attached, showing how I don't want to do it!) -- Henry LawManchester, England \version "2.16.2" global = { \time 4/4 \key c \major } chordNames = \chordmode { \global \partial 4 s4 |

Re: Creating LilyPond Object Models

Is there a co-operative effort forming on this? I'm pretty much a novice ponder (and not even that on Lisp/Scheme ... I know-a nothing) but a reasonable technician and a fairly experienced technical writer/editor and I'd be happy to join in. reply-to address is valid. -- Henry Law

Full measure rests seem to double-count

/DoubleWholeRest.pdf you can see that the result is three bars' worth of rests (a double-whole rest and a whole rest), with the number 3 above. Surely that's double-counting, amounting to nine bars of 4/4! Of course, it's me that's doing something wrong; but what? -- Henry LawManchester, England

Problem getting syllables onto tied note across bar end

, and the syllable two is assigned to the three A's and the F#, leaving the syllable three to match up with the 16th A's after the rests. What am I doing wrong? -- Henry LawManchester, England ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user

Re: Problem getting syllables onto tied note across bar end

On 24/03/15 22:46, tisimst wrote: Remember: Indicate the start of the slur AFTER the note you want it to start on and AFTER the note you want it to end on. Aha! I knew there was something I'd misunderstood and/or forgotten and that was it. Thank you so much. -- Henry Law