lilypond-book - footnote spacing on page by page basis

2018-07-06 Thread Reilly Farrell
Question related to printing a book pdf with lilypond-book and LaTeX: is there an easy way to set footnote spacing on a case by case basis, as opposed to globally? The intent is to take the effect of a line like this: \setlength{\skip\footins}{2cm} and have it apply only to pages for which

Re: chord names - C Delta 7 chord?

2018-06-30 Thread Reilly Farrell
Thank you Thomas! Works like a charm. :) On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 1:08 AM, Thomas Morley wrote: > 2018-06-30 8:37 GMT+02:00 Reilly Farrell : > > Hi All, > > > > I'm looking for a solution for printing a C Delta 7 chord name (so that 7 > > prints clearly after the de

\chords and markup text?

2018-06-30 Thread Reilly Farrell
Hi All, Is there a simple way of modifying chord names in the \chords field with markup text? More specifically, I'm looking for a way to print C7alt as a chord name (with alt printing clearly after the 7), and I'm having some trouble figuring out the syntax. \version "2.18.2" \score { <<

chord names - C Delta 7 chord?

2018-06-30 Thread Reilly Farrell
Hi All, I'm looking for a solution for printing a C Delta 7 chord name (so that 7 prints clearly after the delta symbol). I started off wth the failed attempt below and haven't had much success anyway else: \version "2.18.2" \score { << \relative c' { c4 c c c | } \chords { c1:maj7.7 } >>

dynamics and line spanning

2018-06-19 Thread Reilly Farrell
Hi All, Is there an easy way to configure dynamics and markup text so that they occupy they share the same vertical alignment relative to the staff? My hope is that I can align regular dynamic marks with special dynamic instructions (\cresc won't cut it in this case) as seamlessly as possible.

align markup text to right side of measure

2018-06-04 Thread Reilly Farrell
I'm looking for a way to control the alignment of markup text. Specifically, I'm looking to align "D.C. al Fine" to the very right side of a measure, rather than having it float above a given note. Here's a snippet of the markup text in its current form: c4 c4^\markup{ \italic { D.C. al Fine } }

Re: tuplet bracket spanner?

2018-05-02 Thread Reilly Farrell
2.05.2018 18:24, Reilly Farrell wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm editing a short score with tuplets and I could use a spacing solution >> that would keep all tuplet brackets at a fixed minimum distance above the >> staff. (Feedback I've received so far is that the tup

tuplet bracket spanner?

2018-05-02 Thread Reilly Farrell
Hi All, I'm editing a short score with tuplets and I could use a spacing solution that would keep all tuplet brackets at a fixed minimum distance above the staff. (Feedback I've received so far is that the tuplet indications look messy when printed inside the staff rather than above it.) My

Re: special tempo marks: note value = note value = bpm?

2018-04-23 Thread Reilly Farrell
Issue resolved - thank you both! On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:42 PM, Jacques Menu Muzhic <imj-muz...@bluewin.ch > wrote: > Hello Reilly, > > Can you post a drawing of what you’re after? > > JM > > Le 16 avr. 2018 à 00:18, Reilly Farrell <reillycfarr...@gmail.com>

special tempo marks: note value = note value = bpm?

2018-04-15 Thread Reilly Farrell
Hi All, I'm working on compiling excerpts that undergo changes in time signature while keeping the beat constant. My hope is to find a way to incorporate a general tempo instruction reading something like: 4 = 4 = 120. Thus far I haven't found a way of accomplishing this. Any suggestions you

Re: Rhythmic Excerpts with Breath Marks Above the Staff

2017-12-20 Thread Reilly Farrell
Perfect! Thank you so much, David. Best, Reilly ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Rhythmic Excerpts with Breath Marks Above the Staff

2017-12-20 Thread Reilly Farrell
I'm seeking a way to create rhythmic examples, as in the sample code below, while positioning breath marks above the rhythmic staff rather than along the line. I thought ^\breathe might do the trick at first, but no dice. Any advice on how to properly accomplish this is deeply appreciated. Thank

Adding Space Between Tempo Mark And First System

2017-11-02 Thread Reilly Farrell
Hi All, I'm searching for a way to add extra space between the tempo indication and the first system of music, to make room for markup content above the staff. (The default space allotted to the markup content right now is not sufficient and the score looks a bit cluttered.) Is there a simple

Fixing Lead Sheet Chord Numbers

2017-11-02 Thread Reilly Farrell
Hi All, I'm discovering the need to revise chord numbers when working with lead sheet templates in LilyPond. For example, in the following blocks: melody = \relative c' { cis8 d e g a4-. g8-> b~-_ | } chordSymbols = \chords { \leadFormatting a2:7 c2:13 } ...my intention is to have c2:13 show

re: incorporating templates w/ conditionals

2017-10-06 Thread Reilly Farrell
We're working with a system of .ly files referencing a .ily template file for formatting beaming behavior. Now we'd like to apply the formatting to some .ly files, but not others, and were hoping to accomplish this by means of conditional statement. That said, conditional statements in LaTeX

Can \lyricmode be applied to specific measures and exempted from others?

2017-08-15 Thread Reilly Farrell
Hi All, I'm curious to know if there is a way to apply \lyricmode to a certain number of measures and then terminate it. My chief concern is that using lyricmode creates excess space between the system and dynamic markings for measures where no lyrics are present. Ideally, I would like to be

Re: trouble adding space between systems

2017-07-31 Thread Reilly Farrell
eX. > > In my last large document, > > \newcommand{\betweenLilyPondSystem}[1]{\vspace{4mm}\linebreak} > > in the preamble of the LaTeX file did the trick. > > Best > Lukas > > 2017-07-31 18:29 GMT+02:00 Reilly Farrell <reillycfarr...@gmail.com>: > >>

Re: trouble adding space between systems

2017-07-31 Thread Reilly Farrell
are deeply appreciated. Thank you. On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Reilly, > > please keep the list cc-ed until conservation turns real private > > 2017-07-30 19:35 GMT+02:00 Reilly Farrell <reillycfarr...@gmail.com>:

trouble adding space between systems

2017-07-28 Thread Reilly Farrell
Hi All, I've come to a point where I need manual control over the vertical spacing between musical systems. The most prominent solution I've found seems not to be behaving as expected: no matter how I change the values in the \paper block, each configuration returns the same pdf. Is there

re: multi-system phrase mark shaping

2017-07-25 Thread Reilly Farrell
Hi All, I've been noticing that the usual solution for adjusting the shape of a phrase mark: \shape #'((0 . 0) (0.5 . 1.0) (0.5 . 1.0) (0 . 0)) PhrasingSlur ...doesn't seem to apply to instances in which phrase marks extend across multiple systems. At best I can find ways to modify the first

re: incorporating dynamics

2017-07-23 Thread Reilly Farrell
Hi All, I'm in the process of editing out collisions and have come to need a solution for adjusting the vertical alignment of dynamic marks on a case-by-case basis. I've been over the documentation and have tried different solutions based on my findings there, but so far I've had no luck moving

Re: Fwd: re: automatic beaming behavior

2017-07-21 Thread Reilly Farrell
% beatStructure etc. Is there something I've overlooked in the formatting? On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 11:48 AM, David Wright <lily...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu 20 Jul 2017 at 11:24:25 (-0700), Reilly Farrell wrote: > > We are compiling several hundred melody and rhythm example

Re: What is LilyPond's default font for titles?

2017-07-20 Thread Reilly Farrell
re Emmentaler and Tex Gyre Schola. Since Emmentaler > > is for music symbols, it's probably Tex Gyre Schola (bold, in the > > case of titles). > > https://www.ctan.org/pkg/tex-gyre-schola?lang=en > > > On 07/20/2017 08:56 PM, Reilly Farrell wrote: > > >For editi

What is LilyPond's default font for titles?

2017-07-20 Thread Reilly Farrell
For editing and consistency purposes, can anyone tell me what font LilyPond uses to print title information in its pdfs by default? Based on the documentation, I'm wondering if it might be New Century Schoolbook in the roman (serif) font family - is this correct? Thank you!

Fwd: re: automatic beaming behavior

2017-07-20 Thread Reilly Farrell
We are compiling several hundred melody and rhythm examples. Each example references the same .ily file where global settings and formatting are handled. Is there code for setting automatic behavior of beams that we can put in the .ily file (not within a \relative { } block) to resolve the issue?

Re: Fwd: re: removing staff and clef w/o removing bar lines and brackets

2017-07-16 Thread Reilly Farrell
It works! Issue resolved - thank you so much for your support. On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 5:50 AM, Karlin High <gne...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On 7/11/2017 11:11 AM, Reilly Farrell wrote: > > I'm creating some sight-singing examples for a class > > Are you aware of this s

Fwd: re: removing staff and clef w/o removing bar lines and brackets

2017-07-11 Thread Reilly Farrell
Hi All, I'm creating some sight-singing examples for a class and would like to start with some examples with no staff,no clef,no key signature, though keeping bar lines and system brackets (for duet examples) (Solfege syllables are provided as lyrics.) Currently I am doing something like