Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-16 Thread Adam Spiers
On 15 March 2017 at 18:12, David Wright wrote: > I took your source and changed two things: > a4 → a0 > 64/256 → 1/32 > and it looks superficially ok to me. Thanks, that was the hint I needed! > Perhaps you just have a room problem. Yes, I guess there are some hidden

Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-15 Thread David Wright
On Thu 16 Mar 2017 at 12:40:28 (+1100), Andrew Bernard wrote: > Hi Adam, > > I have tried lots of solutions for this. I am thinking this cannot be > satisfactorily done in lilypond at this time. The attached solution > works up to a point, but the chord names clash. Using really large > paper -

Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-15 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Adam, I have tried lots of solutions for this. I am thinking this cannot be satisfactorily done in lilypond at this time. The attached solution works up to a point, but the chord names clash. Using really large paper - which I also tried - to gain space such as architectural A0 does not seem

Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-15 Thread David Wright
On Wed 15 Mar 2017 at 16:07:31 (+), Adam Spiers wrote: > On 15 March 2017 at 14:33, Robert Schmaus wrote: > > Am 15/03/2017 um 14:54 schrieb Adam Spiers: > >> On 15 March 2017 at 13:45, Robert Schmaus wrote: > >>> How about this: > >>> > >>>

Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-15 Thread Adam Spiers
On 15 March 2017 at 14:33, Robert Schmaus wrote: > Am 15/03/2017 um 14:54 schrieb Adam Spiers: >> On 15 March 2017 at 13:45, Robert Schmaus wrote: >>> How about this: >>> >>> \context { >>> \Score >>> proportionalNotationDuration =

Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-15 Thread Adam Spiers
On 15 March 2017 at 14:35, Klaus Blum wrote: > Adam Spiers-5 wrote >> On 15 March 2017 at 12:28, Simon Albrecht wrote: >>> why not put all the music expressions in one score in >>> parallel? >> But please could you give an example of how to do that, bearing in mind that >>

Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-15 Thread Klaus Blum
ame. Cheers, Klaus Blue-Train-chords-parallel.ly <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n201133/Blue-Train-chords-parallel.ly> -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/proportional-spacing-for-chords-tp201117p201133.

Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-15 Thread Robert Schmaus
Am 15/03/2017 um 14:54 schrieb Adam Spiers: On 15 March 2017 at 13:45, Robert Schmaus wrote: Hi Adam, you're right ... I might have changed something else. Anyway, applying the overrides to the Score seems to be the correct way. I tried your file. Maybe you'll have

Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-15 Thread Adam Spiers
On 15 March 2017 at 12:28, Simon Albrecht wrote: > Am 15.03.2017 um 01:11 schrieb Adam Spiers: >> It would be very instructive to produce a clear visualisation of the >> harmonic variations he uses in each chorus, so I have dropped the >> notes of the solo from the .ly

Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-15 Thread Simon Albrecht
Am 15.03.2017 um 01:11 schrieb Adam Spiers: It would be very instructive to produce a clear visualisation of the harmonic variations he uses in each chorus, so I have dropped the notes of the solo from the .ly file, leaving only the chords, rendered in landscape, with all the choruses vertically

Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-15 Thread Adam Spiers
On 15 March 2017 at 05:48, Robert Schmaus wrote: > Just a thought - you apply the SpacingSpanner modifications to context > \Score ... did you already try to apply those to context \ChordNames > instead? That *does* change something, but I'm not sure if it is what you >

Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-14 Thread Robert Schmaus
Just a thought - you apply the SpacingSpanner modifications to context \Score ... did you already try to apply those to context \ChordNames instead? That *does* change something, but I'm not sure if it is what you want ... Cool analysis, by the way! Best, Robert Am 15/03/2017 um 01:11

proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-14 Thread Adam Spiers
Hi all, How can I achieve proportional spacing when I only have chord names and bar lines, and no staff or notes? Attached is a file with a very naive attempt which fails to achieve this; corrections would be most welcome. For the curious, the background and motivation behind this question is