Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-02-11 Thread Michael Rivers
Thanks to everyone in the thread who has given code and tips. I agree that it would be very nice if something were included in Lily herself to solve this. -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Pianostaff-4-part-writing-and-rests-tp170926p171718.html Sent from

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-02-10 Thread Robin Bannister
Michael Rivers wrote: I just engraved a piece for which the standard solutions given in this thread worked especially badly. There were many 8th notes alternating with 8th rests (which should be merged by Lilypond, but can't be automatically), so switching back and forth between a polyphonic

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-02-10 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, Cool solution, but still a shame that it is necessary … I agree that it’s a clever solution… *and* that it’s a shame it’s necessary. In particular, this solution introduces a non-content “voice” in order to solve a presentation problem — yuck (as a requirement, not as a solution!).

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-02-10 Thread Peter Danemo
Hi Kieren! I’ll check that! Thanks! /P Peter Danemo +46-70-653 21 91 E-post: petedom...@gmail.com Web: danemo.com 10 feb 2015 kl. 13:21 skrev Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca: Hi Peter, I tried your suggestion but got this error message Did you fix any mailing-list

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-02-10 Thread Urs Liska
Am 10. Februar 2015 11:53:54 MEZ, schrieb Robin Bannister r...@dataway.ch: Michael Rivers wrote: I just engraved a piece for which the standard solutions given in this thread worked especially badly. There were many 8th notes alternating with 8th rests (which should be merged by Lilypond, but

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-02-10 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Peter, I tried your suggestion but got this error message Did you fix any mailing-list “reformatting” problems? Sometimes, for example, “” gets replaced with “| |”. Hope this helps, Kieren. ___ Kieren MacMillan, composer www: http://www.kierenmacmillan.info email:

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-02-09 Thread Michael Rivers
I just engraved a piece for which the standard solutions given in this thread worked especially badly. There were many 8th notes alternating with 8th rests (which should be merged by Lilypond, but can't be automatically), so switching back and forth between a polyphonic structure and \oneVoice was

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-02-09 Thread Peter Danemo
Hello Kieren! I tried your suggestion but got this error message Starting lilypond 2.19.15 [Untitled]... Processing `/var/folders/57/18mvczhs3qj389_tr12w2s34gn/T/frescobaldi-rmF3d0/tmprtTcu5/document.ly' Parsing...

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-02-09 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Michael, There were many 8th notes alternating with 8th rests (which should be merged by Lilypond, but can't be automatically) Did you try the merge-rests-on-positioning trick? \version 2.19.15 #(define (rest-score r) (let ((score 0) (yoff (ly:grob-property-data r 'Y-offset))

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-02-03 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Keith, I'll try to change the title and add an example of what we want it to do. Saw the update — looks great. Thanks for doing that. Cheers, Kieren. ___ Kieren MacMillan, composer www: http://www.kierenmacmillan.info email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-01-25 Thread Peter Danemo
Hello! Thanks Kieren! I'll look in to the snippet link you sent. It'll probably require some understanding from my part. There's so many things with Lilypond that's so difficult. Especially for me without any experience at all in the type of workflow that Lilypond use. Best wishes! P Peter

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-01-25 Thread Keith OHara
Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmillan at sympatico.ca writes: The linked issue (https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail? id=1228) currently has a status of “abandoned” — well, at least the associated patch does, if not the whole issue. Is there a technical reason why the most

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-01-25 Thread Urs Liska
Am 25. Januar 2015 21:19:26 MEZ, schrieb Keith OHara k-ohara5...@oco.net: Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmillan at sympatico.ca writes: The linked issue (https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail? id=1228) currently has a status of “abandoned” — well, at least the associated patch does, if

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-01-24 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, Lastly got this help from Marc Hohl: http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=336 The linked issue (https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1228) currently has a status of “abandoned” — well, at least the associated patch does, if not the whole issue. Is there a technical

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-01-24 Thread Ted Lemon
On Jan 24, 2015, at 10:44 AM, Peter Danemo petedom...@gmail.com wrote: I need it to be just one. I learned how to make a rest invisible, but that doesn't change the position for the remaining rest. Use 's' instead of 'r' for one of the rests. ___

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-01-24 Thread Ali Cuota
Hi, Lastly got this help from Marc Hohl: http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=336 Hope this helps Franck 2015-01-24 11:41 GMT-05:00, Mark Stephen Mrotek carsonm...@ca.rr.com: Peter, A rest can be positioned by using a pitch name, duration, \rest, e.g., c8\rest puts an eighth rest where c would

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-01-24 Thread Dan Eble
On Jan 24, 2015, at 16:55 , Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi all, Lastly got this help from Marc Hohl: http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=336 The linked issue (https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1228) currently has a status of “abandoned” —

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-01-24 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: Peter Danemo petedom...@gmail.com To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 3:44 PM Subject: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests Hello! I'm a pretty unexperienced Lilypond user. I'm working on the layout of a small piece. It's basically a

RE: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-01-24 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Peter, A rest can be positioned by using a pitch name, duration, \rest, e.g., c8\rest puts an eighth rest where c would be (depending on the clef). The attached example might be clearer. Mark -Original Message- From: lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-01-24 Thread Ali Cuota
and is automagic! 2015-01-24 17:25 GMT-05:00, Ali Cuota alicuota...@gmail.com: 4 me works best, F 2015-01-24 16:55 GMT-05:00, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca: Hi all, Lastly got this help from Marc Hohl: http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=336 The linked issue

Re: Pianostaff 4-part writing and rests

2015-01-24 Thread Ali Cuota
4 me works best, F 2015-01-24 16:55 GMT-05:00, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca: Hi all, Lastly got this help from Marc Hohl: http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=336 The linked issue (https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1228) currently has a status of