Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-13 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ed, what else do you think could be stopping it from hiding? I think RhythmicStaff, by default, does not have \RemoveEmptyStaves — maybe try \new RhythmicStaff \with { \RemoveEmptyStaves } and see if that works for you. Hope this helps! Kieren.

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-13 Thread Toine Schreurs
The only problem is I'm now left with a part (the one that contained all the \time information) that refuses to auto hide when it just contains whole bar rests. All the other parts are hiding fine, just not this one. I've removed all the \time tags so what else do you think could be stopping

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-13 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/9/13 Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca: Hi Ed, what else do you think could be stopping it from hiding? I think RhythmicStaff, by default, does not have \RemoveEmptyStaves — maybe try \new RhythmicStaff \with { \RemoveEmptyStaves } and see if that works for you.

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-13 Thread EdBeesley
Ahh it's so simple when you know the answer! Thanks guys :) -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Skip-to-Specific-Bar-tp150577p150764.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-13 Thread EdBeesley
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Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-12 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear Keiren, I think I understand much better what pushToTag does. What I would like to know: Who can I get Bar-Rests instead of spacer-rests for the length of intro verse and bridge? 2013/9/10 Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca Hi David, Thanks! That does the trick. Below is

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-12 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Stefan, What I would like to know: Who can I get Bar-Rests instead of spacer-rests for the length of intro verse and bridge? This sounds like a job for a music function (applied on the global variable)! =) Hope this helps! Kieren. ___

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-11 Thread EdBeesley
spacers in \topfoot ? James thanks for your clarification of the Lilypond philosophy, makes sense and I wish I'd thought about it 400 bars ago! :( -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Skip-to-Specific-Bar-tp150577p150631.html Sent from the User mailing list archive

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ed, From this code, I can't even tell what you're trying to accomplish. Can you send a picture of what you want? Thanks, Kieren. On 2013-Sep-11, at 09:34, EdBeesley edplaysdr...@gmail.com wrote: toptreb = { c } topfoot = { \clef percussion \stemUp \autoBeamOn \override

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-11 Thread EdBeesley
Sorry Kieren I was trying to condense a lot of code. Hopefully this shows what I'm trying to do... http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n150633/example.jpg -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Skip-to-Specific-Bar-tp150577p150633.html Sent from

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ed, Hopefully this shows what I'm trying to do... Well, here's my snippet using tags: \language english global = { \time 5/16 \set Timing.beatStructure = #'(5) s16*5 \time 6/16 \tag #'test s16*6 } toptreb = \relative c' { c4. | } topfoot = { \clef percussion \stemUp

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-11 Thread EdBeesley
Ahhh I see how it works now. Once I send the part back for proofing I'll have time to rewrite the structure a bit more sensibly. Thanks again for all your help :) -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Skip-to-Specific-Bar-tp150577p150638.html Sent from

Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread EdBeesley
spacers or rests up to where you want to start putting in notes, but this will take forever with a piece like this. -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Skip-to-Specific-Bar-tp150577.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ed, I'm writing a frenched score which has large gaps between the reappearance of some staves. The piece is stuffed full of time signature changes, so I'm hoping to find a way to skip input by a specified number of bars, or to a specific bar. The only method I know is by inserting spacers

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear Ed, I have often similar problems like You. My solution is not ideal, but I hope, it helps You a bit: \version 2.16.2 globalA = { \time 4/4 s1 } globalB = { \time 3/4 s2. \time 4/4 s1 \time 5/4 s4*5 } globalC = { \time 4/4 s1 } global = { \globalA \globalB \globalC } firstStaff

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca writes: Hi all, What Kieren mentioned is new to me too and I would be curious see, how one can use these commands in a context You've mentioned. The idea is as seen in the snippet, below, where certain music is added at the coda, using tags.

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread David Kastrup
David Kastrup d...@gnu.org writes: Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca writes: Hi all, What Kieren mentioned is new to me too and I would be curious see, how one can use these commands in a context You've mentioned. The idea is as seen in the snippet, below, where certain music

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread EdBeesley
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Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, What Kieren mentioned is new to me too and I would be curious see, how one can use these commands in a context You've mentioned. The idea is as seen in the snippet, below, where certain music is added at the coda, using tags. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work. David K: What do I

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, Thanks! That does the trick. Below is the snippet as I was envisioning it. I believe it satisfies the OP request: I'm writing a frenched score which has large gaps between the reappearance of some staves. The piece is stuffed full of time signature changes, so I'm hoping to find a

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread EdBeesley
written all the time changes into the first staff as I put the notes in. -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Skip-to-Specific-Bar-tp150577p150605.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear Ed, You would *once* type out the full time signature sequence in a variable. You could use then the $(mmrest-of-length variable)-construct in as many voices You need. What Kieren mentioned is new to me too and I would be curious see, how one can use these commands in a context You've

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ed, can I ask what the \global tag is doing in your snippet? It seems to me like it's laying out a map of the time signature change in a piece. Is this the recommended way to go about this? Up till now I've just written all the time changes into the first staff as I put the notes in. I

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread EdBeesley
Thanks yes it does help, although I can't see why you'd add the \global section after the \codaMusic ? -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Skip-to-Specific-Bar-tp150577p150614.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ed, I can't see why you'd add the \global section after the \codaMusic ? \pushToTag takes two parameters: the music you're trying to push (in this case, the notes that appear in the second staff right at the coda), and the music which contains the target tag (in this case, the \global

Re: Skip to Specific Bar

2013-09-10 Thread James Harkins
Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmillan at sympatico.ca writes: can I ask what the \global tag is doing in your snippet? It seems to me like it's laying out a map of the time signature change in a piece. Is this the recommended way to go about this? Up till now I've just written all the time