Re: Silencing chordNames

2017-07-20 Thread Steve Downes
Err! I've never really sorted out the cconcept of contexts. I've just copied them when they looked OK Then fiddled. I've got the immediate problem solved thanks to you both & I am now trying to research cotenxts in a more formal way. Many thanks Steve On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 02:25:06PM

Silencing chordNames

2017-07-19 Thread Steve Downes
Hello all, Having trouble finding how to silence chordNames while not silencing the rest of the arrangement. I would have thought it wa easy but can't spot it. Can someone point me at it. Many thanks Steve ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: version number rejection

2017-04-21 Thread Steve Downes
On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 07:44:55PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 16 Apr 2017 at 20:35:41 (+0100), Steve Downes wrote: > > I attach a short script together with the rejection notice. I feel > > confident I shall feel foolish when I recieve a reply but what am I >

version number rejection

2017-04-16 Thread Steve Downes
I attach a short script together with the rejection notice. I feel confident I shall feel foolish when I recieve a reply but what am I doing wrong here? The version number is correct. & the same as my previous work. I can see no problem with the script as far as it's gone & neither,

Re: Replying to posts

2016-04-28 Thread Steve Downes
I cannot understand why anybody uses html (except their software point them at it) I decided 20 years ago when word processors were coming in with various formats that I would always use plain text unless there was a strong reason not to because:- 1) it took less storage 2) it travelled faster 3)

Re: More ponderings on Chordmode

2016-02-06 Thread Steve Downes
It may or may not be relevant but I find if I do what have you done I can get it change to sample to a guitar sound. However it doesn't sound like a guitar to me unless I sort out the chord voicing to a guitar inversion as well. This is quite a bit of work so I usually silence the chord names so

Re: the sound of brushes

2015-04-08 Thread Steve Downes
On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 01:25:05AM -0700, PharoahS wrote: Hi Nathan Thank you for your answer, I use timidity with debian Did you listen to my code exemple? Have you a long sound or short snaps? -- View this message in context:

Re: Abbreviations

2015-04-03 Thread Steve Downes
Works for me noted for future use. Thanks Steve On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 01:22:45PM +0100, Neil Puttock wrote: On 3 April 2015 at 12:19, Pierre Perol-Schneider pierre.schneider.pa...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sorry, doesn't seem to work too... ;( This should work: #(define t tuplet)

controlling volume of chordmode

2015-03-21 Thread Steve Downes
Is it possible to reduce the chordmode volume while keeping it in displaying the chords in the PDF? Failing which is it possible to maintain the PDF output while silencing the midi output and/of change the instrument. Piano stops me listening constructively. Steve

continuation bars

2014-11-26 Thread Steve Downes
Hello list people, I have started writing bass line chord charts to assist in the integration of a new bass player. I would like to make a good job of it because if it works well I will build it into a band library. It is normal in my (jazz) market to use % in a bar to mean repeat previous bar

Re: notation for double-time?

2013-12-16 Thread Steve Downes
Surely if it's his solo it is up to him/her how he wishes to interpret it. His interpretation can change ( should change) if his mood changes. Steve On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 12:41:36PM +0100, Xavier Noria wrote: Not specific to Lilypond but hope you don't mind the question, I have looked for

Re: Hiding or delaying new staffs

2011-11-09 Thread Steve Downes
thanks Steve On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 02:28:31PM -0800, -Eluze wrote: hi steve downes wrote: To get rid of all except piano staffs which only contain Whole Measure Rests, use: \layout { \context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext \override VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first

Hiding or delaying new staffs

2011-11-08 Thread Steve Downes
I have a situation I feel there should be an answer to but cannot find it. I write arrangements which start with, say, 8 bars intro during which , again say, up to 4 front line instruments are doing nothing. I either want to suppress their staffs during the intro or not create them till the end

Re: Hiding or delaying new staffs

2011-11-08 Thread Steve Downes
On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 06:50:32PM -, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: Steve Downes st...@kingswayelec.co.uk To: lilypond-user Mailinglist lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 6:46 PM Subject: Hiding or delaying new staffs I have a situation I

Chord symbols above staff

2011-11-07 Thread Steve Downes
I have been using the excellent jazzcombo template by Amelie Zapf, I am now doing my third fake sheet. So far just a bass staff chords annotations above it. The first two, all the examples in the manuals, put the chords above the staff, where I want them. My third, which I am working on now,

Re: Chord symbols above staff

2011-11-07 Thread Steve Downes
On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 10:04:04AM +, Steve Downes wrote: I have been using the excellent jazzcombo template by Amelie Zapf, I am now doing my third fake sheet. So far just a bass staff chords annotations above it. The first two, all the examples in the manuals, put the chords above

Re: Chord symbols above staff

2011-11-07 Thread Steve Downes
On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 01:17:12PM +0100, eluze wrote: have a look at 'Vertically aligning ossias and lyrics' in http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/notation/modifying-single-staves#ossia-staves Eluze Sorted now, thanks very much for your help Steve

transposing octaves for a piano part

2011-10-04 Thread Steve Downes
Hello all, New to this group so I hope I get it rightish. I have done a choir arrangement (in Rosegarden) exported to lilypond. this has worked fine after a bit of work. I now want to condense this into a piano part with trb bs clefs. I have been adapting it using the parallelMusic method