Re: Barcheck failure warnings for lyrics in parallel mode

2018-08-08 Thread Galen Menzel
On 7 Aug 2018, at 14:53, David Wright wrote: On Tue 07 Aug 2018 at 12:30:03 (-0700), Galen Menzel wrote: Now, although `lyrics_c` is a silly way to write a lyric line, `lyrics_b` seems reasonable to me. Is there a better way to define a lyric line in a `parallelMusic` definition so

Making slurs more visible

2018-08-10 Thread Galen Menzel
Hi all, I have a score in which the following measure renders nicely when only the piano line is given: ![](cid:457B4698-50AF-4F97-B079-EB00368B@utexas.edu "Screen Shot 2018-08-10 at 12.22.25 PM.png") However, when the vocal line is also given, the slurs above the bass-clef g eighth

Re: Making slurs more visible

2018-08-10 Thread Galen Menzel
On 10 Aug 2018, at 13:50, Torsten Hämmerle wrote: Galen Menzel wrote Is there a simple way to direct lilypond to use the larger ties here? Hi Galen, Yes, there are several ways: The most obvíous way is to use \override Tie.minimum-length = #... But this also affects the spacing

Re: Barcheck failure warnings for lyrics in parallel mode

2018-08-10 Thread Galen Menzel
On 9 Aug 2018, at 0:53, David Kastrup wrote: "Galen Menzel" writes: On 8 Aug 2018, at 14:10, David Kastrup wrote: "Galen Menzel" writes: So basically explicit bar markings and lyrics just don’t play nicely together? And auto-length lyrics. If you give the lyri

Re: Barcheck failure warnings for lyrics in parallel mode

2018-08-08 Thread Galen Menzel
On 8 Aug 2018, at 14:10, David Kastrup wrote: "Galen Menzel" writes: So basically explicit bar markings and lyrics just don’t play nicely together? And auto-length lyrics. If you give the lyric syllables explicit durations and not use \lyricsto/\addlyrics but just set assoc

Re: Making slurs more visible

2018-08-10 Thread Galen Menzel
On 10 Aug 2018, at 16:08, David Nalesnik wrote: On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 6:05 PM Galen Menzel wrote: However, I’m a bit baffled as to how I could have found this setting. The tie internals page doesn’t list min-length as one of the members of tie’s details alist. Where is this setting

Barcheck failure warnings for lyrics in parallel mode

2018-08-07 Thread Galen Menzel
Hi all, I’m using 2.18.2. The following code compiles with no issue and correctly places the lyrics below the notes: ``` melody_a = { r2 a8 b8 r4 | r2 a8 b8 r4 } lyrics_a = \lyricmode { one two three four } \score { << \new Voice = "melody" \relative c'' \melody_a \new Lyrics

Re: Making slurs more visible

2018-08-11 Thread Galen Menzel
On 11 Aug 2018, at 1:23, Torsten Hämmerle wrote: This is just to explain how the penalty system works for finding the optimum solution among several possibilities, but of course the best way is to say "I definitely do not want ties shorter than min-length!" is simply setting

Re: Making slurs more visible

2018-08-11 Thread Galen Menzel
On 11 Aug 2018, at 0:26, Malte Meyn wrote: I would not notate the left hand rhythm as 4. 8~ 8 8~ 8 8 but as 4. 8~ 8 4 8 That’s easier to read for the player. Thanks for pointing this out! You’re totally right — I’m not sure why I thought tied eighth notes would be appropriate here.

Re: Making slurs more visible

2018-08-11 Thread Galen Menzel
On 11 Aug 2018, at 10:33, David Kastrup wrote: > "Galen Menzel" writes: > >> On 11 Aug 2018, at 1:23, Torsten Hämmerle wrote: >>> >>> This is just to explain how the penalty system works for finding the >>> optimum >>> soluti