Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

Hi all, as promised after the release of 2.16, I update my Lilypond cheat sheets for each stable version. After 2.18 came out recently, here is the corresponding version of my cheat sheet in three languages: English: http://joramberger.de/files/lilypond_sheet_2.18_en.pdf German: http://joramberg

Re: "convert-ly" gives unexpected output

For those on linux not knowing sed: I did this: sed -i 's/2.17.97/2\.18\.0/' file.ly after convert-ly Cheers, Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: "convert-ly" gives unexpected output

Am 31.12.2013 00:35, schrieb Eluze: > Tom Cloyd-2 wrote >> Running convert-ly (from Frescobaldi) on a score, I get this at the top >> of the code: >> >> \version "2.17.97" I can confirm this using version 2.18.0 (both within Frescobaldi and on the commandline). I also would have expected 2.18.0

Re: LilyPond 2.18.0 released

Thanks a lot, David and all who are involved! Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Ottava bracket

Am 24.12.2013 00:30, schrieb Noeck: > can I make the vertical line of an ottava bracket solid while keeping > the dashed style of the horizontal line? Should I count that as: This is impossible? Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypon

Ottava bracket

Hi, can I make the vertical line of an ottava bracket solid while keeping the dashed style of the horizontal line? A bit like this: 8va _ _ _ _ | but with a solid top right corner. TIA Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gn

Re: piano showcase piece

Hi Simon, thanks for sharing this. I already said that I like it. I have two comments that are highly subjective: 1. The staff lines of the coda should extend a bit further to the left (I already had this problem and I don't know how to solve it) 2. I would prefer the segno/coda signs without box

Re: Bravura in LilyPond

Hi Nathan, >> Thanks for what you did! It's awesome! Hopefully now that it's >> included in openlilylib/snippets >> (http://github.com/openlilylib/snippets/tree/master/custom-music-fonts/smufl) >> it won't get lost, and updating it should be simple. > > There's also my repo https://github.com/b

Re: Custom note names / octavize pitch

Hi, this file could be interesting for you: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=blob_plain;f=ly/bagpipe.ly;hb=HEAD or if you check it out: ly/bagpipe.ly Here it is documented. The docs don't tell too explicitly, but here a G is a g in a different octave: http://www.lilypond.org/

Re: include within include

Thanks Urs, I should have found this myself. Just to confirm: #(ly:set-option 'relative-includes #t) does what I want, it is announced as default for 'future versions' but it is not yet the default in 2.16 or 2.17.96 Cheers, Joram ___ lilypond-

include within include

Hi, I can include a file within an included file. But I would like main.ly: \include "folder/first.ly" first.ly: \inlcude "second.ly" but second.ly is in the same folder as first.ly Is there a way to do that? Or do I always have to specify the path (relative to the lilypond include path)? Thanks

Re: adding engravers

Sorry David, I thought I was clear enough, but obivously not. I didn't want you to take that time and write all that. I know what you wrote. I just wanted to show, that new and unexperienced users have a different perception of "exception". Thank you anyway. > Can you give an example? text} shou

Re: adding engravers

Hi David, > I don't like exceptions. I understand, me neither. But to me the current way looks like an exception (until the user understands the details). I attached a small list what users struggle with, whom I help to use LP*. >> I know that your are reluctant towards such changes and mostly f

Re: adding engravers

Hi David, thanks for patiently answering my mail. > like \music copying a music variable, \Staff copies a context > definition. The salient point is that this context definition contains > a \name "Staff", so without overriding \name (which is perfectly > feasible), the new definition will get s

adding engravers

Hi, Inside a \with context or for the default context, this is short and nice to write. But it gets more lengthy for general settings in the layout block when different contexts are addressed. I always have to look it up as for the former #' syntax. Is there a shorter way for a general setting li

Re: Unaccepted #t

> both the line- and the page-break-permissions expect one of these key > words: 'allow or 'force and not boolean values (#t or #f). PS: Btw, this documented here: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/internals/nonmusicalpapercolumn PPS: If you put this in the layout block, they are valid

Re: Unaccepted #t

Am 09.12.2013 13:00, schrieb Tom van der Hoeven: > The following snippet gives an error because ##t > Why > \override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'line-break-permission = ##t > \override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'page-break-permission = ##f Hi Tom, both the line- and the page-break-permissi

Re: A thought on Windows Experience

Am 07.12.2013 17:17, schrieb Janek Warchoł: > 2013/12/7 Phil Holmes : >> Links and recommendations - fine, great, wonderful. Bundled install? No >> way - that's when I'd stop being release manager and when I'd freeze at the >> current LilyPond install. Why so categorical? How about finding comp

Re: hideNotes

… and I use the hiding (transparent = ##t) here, because that way the spacing is preserved (in case you wonder why I write the notes there at all). ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: hideNotes

Am 06.12.2013 17:29, schrieb Shane Brandes: > Thankfully it does not hide articulations. It seems to be the only way > to make cross staff/cross voice slurs in piano/organ scores. Ok, if this is needed (and it hides notes (only) as it says), how about a similar \hideVoice command that hides all

hideNotes

Hi, currently \hideNotes does not hide articulations, slurs, ties etc. Is that on purpose? { \hideNotes a-.\cresc b->\! a?( \parenthesize b) | a\< ~ a-1 \tuplet 3/2 {a4 a a\f } a4 \glissando a' } I would suggest to add this to \hideNotes in ly/property-init.ly and the corresponding reverts

Re: strip dynamics for Piano music

Thanks David > Well, what do you expect if you don't specify the version you are using > (by the way: what point is there in using an outdated development > version?)? laziness and lack of regular use. Cheers, Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lily

Re: strip dynamics for Piano music

Am 06.12.2013 14:48, schrieb David Kastrup: > \version "2.17.29" > upper = { a4\f g f e\p } > lower = { a,1 } > > \new PianoStaff << > \new Staff > \new Voice \with { \remove "Dynamic_engraver" } \upper > \new Dynamics \upper > \new Staff \lower > >> Hi David, it looks good, but it does

strip dynamics for Piano music

Hi, is it possible somehow, to split contents of a music expression into two? I am asking for a piano staff which I would enter as follows: upper = { a4\f g f e\p } lower = { a,1 } Then use it with a Dynamics context between the staffs and put the dynamics there and the rest in the upper staff (w

Re: Images from snippets

> Well, one does not need numbers. One can just use a tag- or tweak- like > command on elements that should be included in the icon, and then the > bounding rectangle of all those is taken. Possibly always including the > staff lines on the given stretch. > I considered that, too. My reasoning

Re: Images from snippets

>> snippet-icon = 85x85+95+107 >> >> Then these lines could produce the corresponding image: >> lilypond -fpng example.ly >> convert -crop 85x85+95+107 example.png example-icon.png > > This seems somewhat inconvenient to me (too manual). But i think we > should rather speak about

Re: Placing _\markup below lyrics

> Trying to use \override Score.TextScript #'outside-staff-priority had no > affect, and I'm not sure why. I think, because this sets the priority (closeness-to-staff) within the context and Lyrics is another context below and not part of the staff. So Lyrics is always placed lower as the lowest

Re: improving LilyPond useability

> There are two possibilities which come to mind: > - an appendix to LM, which would actually be my *second* choice, or > - a new "Templates" library, analogous to the Snippets. there is a templates folder in the snippet library! https://github.com/openlilylib/snippets I copy the current folder

Images from snippets

Hi, here is an idea for the snippets library: For later use*, one could introduce a header entry to get a small image showing the purpose of the snippet. There one could specify the coordinates of a part of the example. Naming suggestions: snippet-image, snippet-crop, snippet-thumbnail, snippet-i

Re: promoting LilyPond

Am 05.12.2013 18:28, schrieb Urs Liska: > Am 05.12.2013 18:09, schrieb Janek Warchoł: >> I'm quite surprised that noone (did i overlook someone?) expressed >> interest in getting these comparisons and translating them, despite my >> offer. > There were some people mentioning that, but actually it

Re: A thought on Windows Experience

This editor in Windows is deterrent. When I started, it took several weeks after I gave LP a second try. The first thing I then did, was changing the default-opening-program to the standard windows notepad editor, because the fonts an the look of this LP editor window was so ugly. An I am glad that

Re: altering stem length of tuplets

If you don't mind setting explicit beam positions, you probably could go with: \override Beam #'positions = #'(-2 . -2) % adjust the numbers Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: LilyPond (and Denemo?)

Am 04.12.2013 19:23, schrieb SoundsFromSound: > Hello, > > Can someone take a quick look at this and see if what I'm experiencing is > normal? I just did a fresh install of Denemo and opened it for the first > time. This is what I see: > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22105560/Denemo%20S

Re: Denemo-feedback

Hi Richard, >> It can't use lilypond with it for some reason (it crashes > I trust you don't mean that Denemo itself crashes? Just that LilyPond No Denemo does not crash. But the Print View tells me: INVALID! Lilypond can not typeset this score. > In the Edit->Preferences->Externals tab you ca

Re: Schikkers List

… and another question: Can the Schikkers List code be found somewhere? As there are quite some ideas coming up on the page linked below, it would probably be interesting how Schikkers List solved some issues. Cheers, Joram >> See https://github.com/wbsoft/frescobaldi/issues/284 __

Re: Schikkers List

Am 03.12.2013 17:46, schrieb Urs Liska: > Am 03.12.2013 17:20, schrieb Johan Vromans: >> Federico Bruni writes: >> >>> I felt like working on a "reversed Frescobaldi": >>> input in the GUI, output text. :-) >> So what the world needs is a bidirectional Frescobaldi. +1 > See https://github.com/wb

Re: improving LilyPond useability

>> Some criticism has been made about the length of the manual. I started >> with an IBM PS2 (1982) using a non-graphical interface Microsoft >> Word. The manual, if my addled memory is correct was somewhere around >> 300+ pages. > > And cut. > > "Wrangling down that attacking Rottweiler wa

Re: Denemo-feedback

Hi Richard, sorry for the old version. I now installed Denemo 1.1.0 from the website. It can't use lilypond with it for some reason (it crashes when I want to print) but I can look around and compare. Many things have improved a lot: The sound plays nicely, the buttons show no artefacts, the menu

Schikkers List (was: Re: Supporting my work on LilyPond financially)

> This is *exactly* why I've been playing/experimenting with GUI > backends/frontends since 2004. If you haven't done so, please have > a look at Schikkers List > > http://lilypond.org/schikkers This looks really cool! (Has it improved a lot or is the html5 demo new, compared to last year? T

Re: Supporting my work on LilyPond financially

Hi, I was thinking about fund raising for some days now. I see several possible sources for supporting LP financially: 1) Private donations from developers: This seems to be partly the case and you have my deep respect that you both work for and spend money on LP. This group probably stays relati

Re: Supporting my work on LilyPond financially

Am 30.11.2013 22:10, schrieb David Kastrup: > Janek Warchoł writes: > >> The only way that i see in which David influences development is that >> he doesn't allow bad code during reviews, and it's hard to write good >> code when there's a lot of bad code and architectural problems already >> in

Percent repeat

Hi, is this a bug or is there some reason why this should be correct: If I use a percent repeat in a customly timed measure (5/4 instead of 4/4), the repeat symbol lacks the dots and is placed to the left of the bar. If I write something before the repeat (a time signature or only <>), then the d

Re: film score example

> I've looked at the output of > \markup { B♭ F♯ } > and it is *hideous* (see attached). Totally unusable. Wow, could you please implement these as the default accidentals into feta font? Just kidding. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu

Re: Discussion: automatic engraving and single-source publishing

Hi Just a quick but honest thank you from my side to all of you for improving the out-of-the-box quality, tweaking-possibilities (e.g. \shape) and simplifications for users (e.g. the.dot.syntax instead of #')! I think, the blog posts show that there is still room for improvements to the automatic

Re: How to structure piano music?

Hi David, thanks! That's what I meant. \displayLilyMusic seems to be a nice tool to look at internals. Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: How to structure piano music?

Dear Mark, thank you. But I know that one. My question was, what voices do internally, not how I can achieve this. Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: How to structure piano music?

> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/learning/voices-contain-music Thanks, but I meant more technically. Is there anything more, a voice does than setting those directions and shifts? If I only want to set the mentioned directions but no shifts. Is it better to use voices and turn the

Re: How to structure piano music?

Is there a comprehensive list, what voices do? I guess the directions of slurs, stems, articulations and the shifts are affected. Anything else? Cheers, Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/li

Re: How to structure piano music?

> You can do this by putting the melodies together, but *not* in separate voices: > > \new Voice << > { c' d' e' f' } > { e' f' b' c'' } > >> > > The trick is to know what exactly LilyPond means by "voice", and what > you mean by "voice", and don't fall into a trap when these definitions > di

Re: Move accidental closer to the note

Hi Urs, is this what you want? \version "2.17.26" \relative c' { r8 \override Arpeggio #'extra-offset = #'(1.5 . 0) \override AccidentalCautionary #'extra-offset = #'(-0.8 . 0) 8 \arpeggio } It is "very manual", though. As accidentals and the arpeggio are shifted, the space between the

Re: How to structure piano music?

Hi Urs, thanks for your answer (from someone who has the experience with LP piano music)! > It's not completely clear from your example how the logical structure of > the music is. > Do you actually have independent voices that you just want to appear as > chords? > Or do you basically have chord

Re: How to structure piano music?

PS: What I forgot to ask: How can I solve the warnings about colliding note columns? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

How to structure piano music?

Hi, I am trying to engrave small pieces for piano and I realize how difficult that can be. What should be my approach? The example is meant to be one staff of a piano staff group (PianoStaff). I don't want to have any shifts for notes played at the same time. The voices should combine to chords (

Re: Beam positions and time signature spacing

Hi, I didn’t follow all of the discussion. But how about a summary at place where it can be found and used later? It seems like this won’t go into the lilypond code right now. From what I read, there are spacings that are good, some are debatable and some are agreed that they are not good (accordi

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

I am very much in favour of it, see this post from *exactly* one year ago: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-11/msg00018.html Cheers, Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l

Re: And now for something completely different.

For me, it does not occur with 2.17 versions (.9 and .26) but only with 2.16.2. Cheers, Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: laying out plainsong chant

Hi Gabe, thanks for the explanation, then I understood it correctly. Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: laying out plainsong chant

Hi Gabe, cool, nice to hear. I will give it a try myself. What do those notes actually mean? An undefined number of notes (according to the text) with this given pitch? I still think there should be some Lilypond built-in functionality for that, because I do not like the misuse of rests for that.

Re: laying out plainsong chant

Sorry, I don't know. Could someone else please help? How do I override the glyph used for rests? The rest has no glyph property. There could be smarter ways e.g. using beams or other objects. I still think there should be something like a\rest but with the longer bars you need. Cheers, Joram Am 1

Re: laying out plainsong chant

Hi Gabe, please always reply to the list, because others might also be interested and in this case I can't help much. Here is a parametrized version of \longbar which puts it on the line number pos. However with odd numbers, ledger lines are drawn for the rest and it looks different. I don't know

Re: laying out plainsong chant

Hi Gabe, > 1) How to create the "bar" in the music (I've inserted rests just to show > where they go) ? here is a hack, that looks similar to the desired bar. I am sure there are better ways to do this (perhaps using postscript), but it looks very similar: \version "2.17.26" % definition of the

Re: bagpipe manual

> Please follow > > http://lilypond.org/bug-reports.html > > to report issues with the documents. Done. (I hope correctly) Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

bagpipe manual

Hi, reading this section of the manual (2.16 as well as 2.17): http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/bagpipes I find the order of explanations a bit confusing: The following line is used to explain the \taor command of \include "bagpipe.ly" \grace { \small G32[ d G e] } But witho

Re: Reverting strict-grace-spacing

Am 06.10.2013 21:18, schrieb EdBeesley: > > dak wrote >> They should if done correctly. Example? >> >> -- >> David Kastrup > > \score { > \new Staff \relative c' { \key des \major > \override Score.SpacingSpanner #'strict-grace-spacing = ##t > r8 \grace{\stemUp f' [ c ges ] }

Re: Petrucci clef/time signature spacing issue

Am 03.10.2013 21:02, schrieb Werner LEMBERG: >> Entered as Issue 3598 >> : Petrucci >> clef/time sugnature space too large >> and copied to the buglist for diligence. It seems kind of known: At least horizontal spacing is mentioned in the d

Re: Markup spacing issue

> You most probably want to use \null instead of \hspace. And you > probably will be interested in this snippet: > http://github.com/openlilylib/snippets/blob/master/templates/adjustable-centered-stanzas.ily > > best, > Janek That is a very useful snippet. Thanks! Cheers, Joram __

Re: Markup spacing issue

> > The way hspace works has been changed (corrected). In your example, > omitting the hspace makes the text fill the line. > > -- > Phil Holmes > Cool, that's even better (easier). In that case, the docs should be updated: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/stanzas#pri

Markup spacing issue

Hi, is this a bug or intended: The following code worked nicely in 2.16 but with the latest version, the two columns do not fill the whole page width (what I would expect from fill-line). The 2.17 docs have a similar example - I found no syntax change. \version "2.17.26" %"2.16.0" \markup \fill-

Re: Name of default notehead for #'style tweak?

It looks like default works http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/note-head-styles You have a > too much: <\tweak #'style #'default c a'> If you want to revert for all notes, you can also use \revert NoteHead #'style Cheers, Joram Am 13.09.2013 16:22, schrieb EdBeesley:

Re: Notehead of harmonic whole note too narrow

The difference concerning centering, is this: using \override NoteHead #'style = #'harmonic-mixed in your example, it gets left aligned, using \harmonic it gets centered. I would not have expected this to make a difference. \version "2.17.25" \relative f'' { \key e \minor \set tieWaitFo

Re: Notehead of harmonic whole note too narrow

3 comments (\version "2.16.0" or \version "2.17.19"): 1) in this simple case it looks somehow better (at least it is centered): { 1 } 2) I would prefer if it is stretched a bit horizontally and not just magnified to match the wider shape of the whole note. A sketch is attached - this is not perf

Re: Worse error message in 2.17

Hi David, Am 08.09.2013 23:11, schrieb David Kastrup: > http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3300> > > GNU LilyPond 2.17.26 > Processing `xxx.ly' > Parsing... > xxx.ly:1:10: error: unrecognized string, not in text script or \lyricmode > { b a c' > h } Much better! > It's

Worse error message in 2.17

Hi, if I forget to set the language correctly as in this example: \version "2.16.0" %\language "deutsch" { b a c' h } the error message in 2.16.0 was: error: syntax error, unexpected STRING { b a c' h } That told me: The "h" is wrong and I remembered to set the language. In 2.17.19,

Re: cascading font selections?

>> Is there a way? > > Unfortunately i don't know any. This would be useful indeed. > > JAnek Wouldn't it be possible to write a scheme function that tests a list of fonts whether the font is available and returns the first that is? I don't know scheme and the font handling, so I can't do it.

Re: Half-note with a flag

Hi John, \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn is what you are looking for. The approach with two voices was already right. \version "2.16.0" \new Staff \relative c' { \clef bass \time 6/8 \key b \major \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn << { cis,2 s4 } \\ { cis8[ e8 b' gis e' b] } >> } For more details,

Re: Manual barlines

Am 02.07.2013 02:26, schrieb Thomas Morley: > #(define (make-void-bar-line grob extent) empty-stencil) > > #(add-bar-glyph-print-procedure "v" make-void-bar-line) Thanks! I tought about how to do this (just out of curiosity) and I was quite close with the bar line definition, but these two lines

Re: Barline after time signature

> > What I'd try first is _moving_ the time signature with its x-offset. But > I don't know if that will lead anywhere. > > Urs The part of your question involving the shift of the time signature might be solved by something like this: \relative c' { c d e f \override Score.BreakAlignment #'bre

Re: Cut and paste from manual returns errors

Am 23.06.2013 21:28, schrieb DW: > Thanks, I will take you up on that if you don't mind :) > > I am more than happy contribute my time and effort to such an indexing > effort, I think something of that nature would help enormously to improve > the general usability of what I consider to be by far

Re: moving LilyPond blog to our website

Hi Janek, all, this blog is a very good idea! I will follow it regularly. I also like your approach: Just do it, now. The discussion coming up here is quite expected, I would say, and it is also what prevented such a blog to be created before. If there is a chance to integrate it in the LP websit

Re: strange problem with instrument name

I tried it under linux (ubuntu) with 2.16.2 and 2.17.19. Your smaller snippet compiles without errors in both versions, but the InstrumentName does not appear, as you described it. Your whole score throws a lot of errors and warnings, shows the same lack of the InstrumentName, but it also compiles

Re: odd bar check errors

Hi Sarah, in the lines 114 and 169 your braces are still not right, they should be after the \relative c command and not before. In line 315 and 366, there is a closing brace missing (I suppose). With these changes, LilyPond is able to compile it and the time signatures are right (12/8). But the

Re: Omitting notes, tablature numbers

> or remove the engravers as you did (you have to find all of them, here > are the names, in case you are searching) To prevent confusion: I meant all _necessary_ ones in order to hide what you want to be hidden. For sure, you must not hide all engravers listed on the given website. Cheers, Joram

Re: Omitting notes, tablature numbers

Am 12.05.2013 10:51, schrieb simoneces...@libero.it: > Hi, > > > I'd like to use lilypond to build notation exercises. That requires, for > example, that I output chord names, but not the corresponding notes, or > notes, but not the corresponding tablature. Still, I'd want the empty > staffs or

Re: two staffs in one page

Hi Xavier, perhaps, this comes close to what you want ({a b c' } being the replacement for your solo): \version "2.16.0" \language "english" chordslist = \chordmode { c1:7 cs1:7 d1:m7 d1:7 d1:aug7 d1:11 d1:13 ef1:13 e1:7 e1:aug7 f1:7 g1:7 g1:aug7 a1:m7 a1:7 a1:9 b1:m7 b1:7 } \bookpart {

Re: Measure numbers in cadenza

Am 06.05.2013 15:34, schrieb m...@mikesolomon.org: > Hey all, > > I'm writing a piece of entirely unmetered music and using \cadenzaOn for > that. I'm manually placing barlines from time to time in order to allow for > line breaks and to help readability. Is there any way to have the bar > n

Re: Lilypond source code pretty-printer

Am 04.05.2013 09:08, schrieb Jacques Menu: > Hello, > > I've seen various opinions expressed in this list as to how one should layout > Lily source code. > > Has there been attempts yet to produce an automatic pretty-printer? Hi, as far as indentation and syntax highlighting is concerned, Fr

Re: multi measure rests

Hi, I also have a question for you: You seem to use braille music output from LilyPond. Is that builtin in LilyPond? Could you (or anyone) point me to some documentation how to use that? I would like to try it. Cheers, Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing l

Re: multi measure rests

Am 03.05.2013 18:44, schrieb Sarah k Alawami: > Ok. I see there a dotted hole note, but a dotted whole note or in this case > whole rest is only 8 eithgh notes if I counted correctly which my coffee > deprived brain probably did not lol! I get the feeling that i'm making this > harder then i

Re: multi measure rests

Am 03.05.2013 18:13, schrieb Sarah k Alawami: > I read the docs on how to do this but is there an easier way to memorize how > to do this? the fractions confuse the heck out of me lol! I'm in 12/8 so I'll > have 4 doted quarter notes so would the multi measure rest look like this for > one mea

Re: mdash in markup?

Am 03.05.2013 13:35, schrieb Noeck: > Am 03.05.2013 13:16, schrieb James Harkins: >> How should one use — in a markup block? > > > You can use the unicode character directly: — Some methods: 1.) copy this: — 2.) (under linux): Compose + - - - 3.) what you probably inte

Re: mdash in markup?

Am 03.05.2013 13:16, schrieb James Harkins: > How should one use — in a markup block? You can use the unicode character directly: — Cheers, Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Breathes placement

> Thanks, this seems to fix the problem indeed. But is there a more > systematic way of doing this, instead of typing "*1/2 ... s4" each time? > > --ghe Hi, the main problem with your input is, that you have overfull measures. { c d e f2 } are 5/4 in a 4/4 measure. That means, Lilypond draws an

Re: Breathes placement

Am 02.05.2013 00:49, schrieb g...@sdf.org: > > Hi list, > > I have a question about the placements of breathe symbols. > > When measure bars are placed automatically, and when a \breathe is > placed at the end of a measure, it seems that it is placed *after* the > bar, before the first note of

Re: Note between bars

Hi, the notation reference virtually starts with this topic (1.2): http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/writing-rhythms The first image contains a breve ( |o| ) and with double bars is an alternative style. Copying from the referenced section, you can write: \relative c'' { \t

Re: MusicXML

Am 23.04.2013 21:32, schrieb Urs Liska: > Am Dienstag, den 23.04.2013, 20:45 +0200 schrieb Urs Liska: > Hm, this seems not to be the first time my phone censors my reply > text :-( Thunderbird didn't display it for me either, but in the source code of your previous mail, the following passage was

Re: Finale and Sibelius files

>> To be fair: the LilyPond file will get more verbose too if you use one >> of the Frescobaldi templates. And not using a template is "expert >> usage". > I'm taking the liberty to slightly exaggerate in order to emphasize the > point here. Can't see anything evil in it ;-) IMHO, that's perfectl

Re: Understanding spacing

>>> Second question: Is there a function to change all 4 values without >>> typing the whole alist, only the values? … >> >> Write it using define-scheme-function. > > Ok, I just wanted to make sure that I am not reinventing the wheel. I > feel now confident to write such a function (I think) Ok

Re: Understanding spacing

>> Why basic-distance and stretchability are not overwritten by the new >> values? > > But they are. Yes, concerning the effect. But the old values are still in the list. >> Second question: Is there a function to change all 4 values without >> typing the whole alist, only the values? … > > Wr

Understanding spacing

Hi, I try to get the spacing commands right and this looks strange to me: \version "2.16.0" \paper { system-system-spacing #'basic-distance = #123 system-system-spacing #'stretchability = #123 #(display system-system-spacing) } produces in the output: ((stretchability . 123) (basic-distan

Re: programming error - grob's vertical axis

> Hi, lily users: > > I compile a .ly file and got the following programming error. Hi, please provide a minimal example that shows the same error message! Cheers, Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mai

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