Re: Lilypond transposition newbie.

2017-12-13 Thread shane
\transpose x y { music notes c4 es etc. etc. }  Fairly easy but sometimes things are not necessarily obvious after staring at it too long. Good luck, Shane Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Brian Durant <globetrotte...@gmail.com> Date: 12/13/17

Re: Unwanted spacing in text

2017-11-12 Thread shane
It could in some circumstances be poor spacing in the font itself. Is there a tracking work around for such circumstances? -Shane Brandes Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> Date: 11/12/17 9:44 AM (GMT-05:00) To: W

Re: Large set of parts

2018-04-27 Thread shane
There is a chinese tongue twister that is really long and consists entirely of the sound "shi." The vice president of the shanghai conservatory told me that one.  It is worth looking up.  Regards,Shane Brandes Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message Fro

Re: [OT] Search for Morgensterns Galgenlieder for choir

2018-06-10 Thread shane
I suppose wether or not ismlp has it depends on if you are Canadian or a slave to Mickey Mouse. This piece could have been commercially unsuccessful or supressed. Why is the ghost voraciously eating the table cloth? Or am I misunderstanding the title? Shane Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

Re: [OT] Search for Morgensterns Galgenlieder for choir

2018-06-11 Thread shane
Bernhard, A longshot idea, did you try contacting the church you sang at? Some of the churches I have worked with or for have had excellent music libraries that had holdings going back 70 years or more. Then again a many of them have had some "helpful" person tidy things up and disposed of vast

Re: [OT] Search for Morgensterns Galgenlieder for choir

2018-06-11 Thread shane
Bernhard, A longshot idea, did you try contacting the church you sang at? Some of the churches I have worked with or for have had excellent music libraries that had holdings going back 70 years or more. Then again a many of them have had some "helpful" person tidy things up and disposed of vast

Re: Gis major key signature; Lily's key signature algorithm

2018-02-08 Thread shane
been others that have been just as adversely affected by the immense amount of heat the lighting systems put out so by the end of the service the reeds were always a risky proposition.  -Shane Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: David Kastrup <d...@gnu.

Re: OT: typewriter LaTeX package

2018-02-16 Thread shane
From: msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca Date: 2/16/18 1:01 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Shane Brandes <sh...@grayskies.net> Cc: Henning Hraban Ramm <lilypon...@fiee.net>, lilypond-user Mailinglist <lilypond-user@gnu.org> Subject: Re: OT: typewriter LaTeX package On Fri, 16 Feb 2018, S

Re: Next round on frescobaldi dependencies

2017-12-27 Thread shane
I for some reason thought I was using 2.whatever frescobaldi on Ubuntu 17.10 but it is in fact 3.0. I remember it crashing iniitially but after throwing the error into google there was some reasonably simple fix, but going through the terminal history hasn't revealed what it was.  Shane Sent

Re: Bug? Mismatched grace notes at beginning of staff cause extra clefs in other staffs

2018-03-10 Thread shane
At this point shouldn't it be called a feature? Shane Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com> Date: 3/10/18 7:57 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Lucas Werkmeister <m...@lucaswerkmeister.de> Cc: lilypond-user &l

Re: Bug? Mismatched grace notes at beginning of staff cause extra clefs in other staffs

2018-03-10 Thread shane
At this point shouldn't it be called a feature? Shane Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com> Date: 3/10/18 7:57 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Lucas Werkmeister <m...@lucaswerkmeister.de> Cc: lilypond-user &l

Re: Pedal bracket alignment

2018-04-14 Thread shane
.  Regards, Shane Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Edward Neeman <edward.nee...@gmail.com> Date: 4/14/18 6:55 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Lilypond-user <lilypond-user@gnu.org> Subject: Pedal bracket alignment Hello, I would like to align the pedal bra

Re: tying notes across voices

2020-11-28 Thread Shane Brandes
<< { d4 b8 } \\ {g b~ g}\\{s8 \hideNotes b~ \once \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = #-.1 b} >> A possible solution to your problem. regards, Shane On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 4:37 PM Shuwei Hu wrote: > Dear list, > > I'm trying to tie notes across voices. Example: >

Re: Terminology question

2021-06-15 Thread Shane Brandes
It never crossed my mind that figured bass was anything other than a non countable noun. Just like fish or sheep. As a spoken term it sounds more like a tax term. Shane On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 11:01 AM David Sumbler wrote: > I think the real question is "what do you call a singl

Re: Changing staff colour

2021-06-04 Thread Shane Brandes
affSymbol.color = #magenta \startStaff { c'1-\markup "Magenta" } } } >> } regards, Shane Brandes On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 10:38 AM Paul McKay wrote: > Hi > I am working on some Haydn piano music and want to distinguish between > urtext and my version music.

Re: Suggestion: Use non powers of 2 for tuplets

2021-03-25 Thread Shane Brandes
You are on your own on that one. I think it just leads to the unpleasant chaos of having to look up what those mean in a table somewhere after you have forgotten why you put that into your score. -Shane On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 10:20 PM Valentin Petzel wrote: > Hello! > > Currently

Re: Time bracket notation for very large scale compositions

2021-04-09 Thread Shane Brandes
, it is likely LilyPond is an excellent candidate for your needs, unfortunately I can't give all the answers, and really am looking forward to whatever discussion your missive generates. It is always interesting to learn what this program is capable of. kind regards, Shane Brandes On Fri, Apr 9, 2021

Advice for vocal score

2021-11-28 Thread Shane Brandes
chorus entrances in such a way that one only needs to maintain the parts themselves without making duplicate editing if changes are made? regards, Shane

Re: Advice for vocal score

2021-11-28 Thread Shane Brandes
I think Wol has mentioned the exact tool, Tags, required for what I am trying to accomplish. Those are not something I have ever used or even run across. Hopefully I can manage them without further assistance. Thank you all! Shane On Sun, Nov 28, 2021 at 2:32 PM Valentin Petzel wrote

Re: LilyPond 2.23.5 released

2021-12-01 Thread Shane Brandes
of the others. Thanks for the progress. -Shane On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 9:54 AM Leonid Hrabovsky wrote: > Thanks for the comment - I remain with 2.22.1 so far. > > > *Леонід - Leonid* > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig

Re: Advice for vocal score

2021-12-09 Thread Shane Brandes
it might have worked well for something simpler than what I happened to be doing. Anyway, I do not expect to have to make too many further edits to either the full or vocal score so there shouldn't be too much double maintenance in any event. regards and thanks again for the help, Shane On Sun,

Re: slur to chord

2022-03-06 Thread Shane Brandes
\version "2.22.1" \relative c' { \slashedGrace b'8 ^( 8 } On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 10:41 PM Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > Hello All, > > > > How do I get the slur go from the acciaccatura to the “a”? > > > > Thank you for your kind attention.. > > > > \version "2.22.1" > > > > \relative c'

Re: slur to chord

2022-03-07 Thread Shane Brandes
Run the code as I set it down. you should see a slur from the b to the a as I do. That is what the ^( ) syntax ought to be doing for you. I see it very clearly as you wanted. On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 9:44 AM Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > Shane, > > > > Thank you for the suggesti

Re: slur to chord

2022-03-07 Thread Shane Brandes
perhaps you have a /slurdown declared earlier in your code? On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 10:43 AM Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > Shane, > > > > Shall inspect context. Perhaps something prior is affecting. > > Thank you for your assistance. > > > > Mark > > >

Re: Help in the design of the work.

2022-03-07 Thread Shane Brandes
I think here you can use the instrument name to achieve your desired effect. \new Staff \with { instrumentName = "я не знаю" } On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 2:49 PM Michael Gerdau wrote: > > Hello. I saw this design in the sheet music. And I really need to try to > > do the same. But I don't know

Re: When the previous typesetter states "with pedal", what exactly does this mean?

2022-03-25 Thread Shane Brandes
In most cases this would mean use the pedal in an ad libitum fashion and not play it dry without the use of the sustain pedal. Shane On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 8:52 PM Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > HI; > > When the previous typesetter states "with pedal", what exactly does &

Re: sustain pedal display ugliness, how to fix?

2022-03-31 Thread Shane Brandes
This an old solution to put the pedal in its own context so you can add spacers as you see fit. Maybe there is a better way now, but this works pedal ={s8 s2\sustainOn s2\sustainOff } \score { \new PianoStaff \with { instrumentName = "Piano" } << \new Staff = "right" \with {

Re: Beaming with magnifyStaff and stopStaff

2022-03-20 Thread Shane Brandes
values greater than 1 also yield odd results. On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 6:41 PM Knute Snortum wrote: > Hi all, > > I have run into another possible-bug-certainly-ugly issue that I found > trying to create an ossia bar. When a musical figure has beams and the > staff is reduced in size with

Re: Stem length of beamed notes

2022-01-24 Thread Shane Brandes
\once \override Beam.positions = #'(0.5 . 0.5) regards, Shane On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 1:11 PM Francesco Napoleoni < mlists-lilyp...@cosmic-odyssey.net> wrote: > Hi everyone > > While engraving the music in screenshot-source.png I’ve stumbled on a > problem: > I cannot a

Re: irrational meters

2023-01-18 Thread Shane Brandes
way making that also fairly useless as a nomenclature. Shane On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 9:38 AM David Wright wrote: > On Wed 18 Jan 2023 at 08:22:19 (+), Mark Knoop wrote: > > At 16:46 on 17 Jan 2023, "H. S. Teoh" via LilyPond user discussion wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan

Re: Lilypond in Termux (Android)

2023-01-22 Thread Shane Brandes
somewhere unknown to me. Any ideas what I am not doing correctly? Googling hasn't provided an answer but maybe I was asking the wrong question. regards, Shane On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 8:26 AM Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > Hi, > > Recently I discovered that LilyPond is available for Termux, a L

Re: Key and time change at end of piece

2023-02-17 Thread Shane Brandes
Add an empty measure after the double bar. /bar "||" s1 Shane On Fri, Feb 17, 2023, 4:36 AM Aberforth D - Instrumentals < aberfor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am working on a complete piano vocal score for an opera. To keep things > manageable I work on ind

Re: removing `--show-rules` option of `convert-ly`?

2023-03-04 Thread Shane Brandes
I used to use that a lot, especially when the conversions did weird things due to the amount of workarounds i used to use before the program really became stellar. In any case, it has been very useful, and may yet still be. -Shane Brandes On Sat, Mar 4, 2023, 12:13 PM Mats Bengtsson wrote

Re: LilyPond 2.25.2

2023-02-18 Thread Shane Brandes
That is great, but where can one find a list of changes between versions? Shane On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 2:39 PM Jonas Hahnfeld via LilyPond user discussion wrote: > We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.25.2. This is termed > a development release, but these are usually re

Re: Cadenza in right hand, metered in left

2023-08-03 Thread Shane Brandes
\clef bass <<{\once \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = 1 af,4 \stemDown q }\\{\hideNotes f f f }>> | that will get you the rest of the way. adjust as necessary. regards, Shane Brandes On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 10:56 AM Knute Snortum wrote: > This doesn't seem to have an effect:

Re: Cadenza in right hand, metered in left

2023-08-03 Thread Shane Brandes
My solution works. Try it. On Thu, Aug 3, 2023, 1:05 PM Knute Snortum wrote: > On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 9:47 AM Knute Snortum wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 8:31 AM Kieren MacMillan < >> kie...@kierenmacmillan.info> wrote: >> >>> Hi Knute, >>> >>> > Now the only thing that remains is that

margins

2023-07-21 Thread Shane Brandes
just fine. It is odd and was a time waster finding a workaround. Any explanations? regards, Shane

Re: margins

2023-07-21 Thread Shane Brandes
Indeed I did. And somehow that never occured to me. Thanks, Shane On Fri, Jul 21, 2023, 5:23 PM Hans Aikema wrote: > > On 21 Jul 2023, at 23:08, Shane Brandes wrote: > > Hi all, > > Today I was working on a project and I tried setting the top and bottom > marg

Re: Anyone know this ornament?

2024-02-19 Thread Shane Brandes
Could also be a batterie, or an arpeggio that one runs over all the pitches in between but only maintains the notated ones. Decidedly weird notion though. Shane Brandes On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 1:33 PM Francesco Intrieri < francesco.intrieri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Auke, > Could

Re: optional variations

2024-01-17 Thread Shane Brandes
Whose faircopy and why the indecision? -Shane On Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 4:23 PM mog...@kayju.com wrote: > Hi, > > The handwritten manuscript I am typesetting wants the performer to play >4 OR >4 OR >4OR >4 > at the performer's discretion. Doe

Re: suggestion for slur?

2023-11-24 Thread Shane Brandes
_\startTrillSpan answers for that. On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 5:16 PM David Kastrup wrote: > Mario Bolognani writes: > > >\override TrillSpanner.bound-details.left.text = #'() > > \startTrillSpan > > works for 2.24 > > > > This is an acceptable result : > > What piece of standalone code

Re: suggestion fo slur?

2023-11-24 Thread Shane Brandes
\override TrillSpanner.bound-details.left.text = #'() \startTrillSpan works for 2.24 regards, Shane On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 12:24 PM Mario Bolognani wrote: > Hello, > > any suggestion for this kind of slur? Many thanks for any good idea... > > [image: Screenshot 2023-11-2

Re: Mensural Lines in Choir Staff

2023-11-17 Thread Shane Brandes
\override Staff.BarLine.transparent = ##t On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 1:50 PM Johannes Roeßler wrote: > Hi guys, > > there is a nice example for "Mensurstriche" > > \layout { \context {\StaffmeasureBarType = "-span|" }} > music = \fixed c'' { c1 d2 \section e2 f1 \fine} > \new

Re: Point-and-click on Frescobaldi?

2012-03-10 Thread Shane Brandes
Also you may want to check under the program options to make sure the pdf reader is properly pointing to the correct pdf reader version. Under settings program configure or something like that. Shane On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Francisco Vila paconet@gmail.com wrote: 2012/3/10 Father

Re: Old style numerals for page numbers

2012-03-14 Thread Shane Brandes
Wouldn't it be simpler to simply use a font that has old style figures? Shane On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Jan-Peter Voigt jp.vo...@gmx.de wrote: Hi Ben, the problem is, that these markup-command allow a markup as argument, but they are expecting strings to process. So if you redefine

Re: How to use clef moderntab

2012-08-06 Thread Shane Frasier
-tuning \symbols } Shane - Shane Frasier sfras...@mac.com On Aug 6, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Ben Eichler wrote: Hi there, I'm a brand new user of Lilypond, just downloaded this morning! I'm using it to create more beautiful scores for my guitar

Re: cross-hands, cross-staves

2012-08-29 Thread Shane Brandes
Looks to me that the cross tie stuff lies easily under the left hand alone. Shane On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Curt accou...@museworld.com wrote: Thank you for the perspectives! It's nice to know that it comes across clearly. I was afraid it might look too cluttered but I can always

Re: Display of a common chord with a changing bass

2012-12-02 Thread Shane Brandes
, but rarely fiddle with lead sheets. Try the Lilypond snippet repository. http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Search which has a large amount of useful things that can be looked at for all manner of useful things. Maybe someone else will have a more useful programming insight/ Best of luck Shane On Sun

Re: Align notes in accord

2012-12-02 Thread Shane Brandes
that it required any offseting. Without it the down stems move the opposite way a touch and collide, but maybe there is a better order to the voices. Shane On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Eluze elu...@gmail.com wrote: Rustik wrote Hello! I have an example score. Align_notes_in_accord.ly http

Re: My return to Lilypond

2012-12-12 Thread Shane Brandes
Eduardo, Nice job, perhaps hymnals are now obsolete. That would throw my synod into a tizzy. It makes me almost want a tablet. Hopefully you will raise a few pennies in your endeavor. Shane Brandes On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: David

Re: Tweaking the positions of figured bass figures.

2012-12-15 Thread Shane Brandes
Richard, Try \override Staff.BassFigure #'Y-extent = #'(z.z . w.w.) where z and w variables are numbers and that should have some sort of effect on the position. regards, Shane On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Richard Shann richard.sh...@virgin.net wrote: Sometimes the position of figured

Re: two note heads on one bean

2012-12-16 Thread Shane Brandes
\override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t , \set subdivideBeams = ##t , \set Score.beatStructure = #'(3 2 2) These bits of code might help. Getting the first double stop(? not a violinist ) note might be a headache. At the moment nothing is leaping to mind. Shane Brandes On Sun, Dec 16

Re: looking for a style guide

2012-12-16 Thread Shane Brandes
thinking about how to get the necessary information to the performer. regards, Shane Brandes On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Xavier Noria f...@hashref.com wrote: Is there any style guide for scores online? For example, I don't know if I should break the groups of four eight notes in the sample

Trill and nonstandard expressive mark

2012-12-27 Thread Shane Brandes
be a mistake on the engravers part or less likely some obscure indication for a non standard pedal do-dad we no longer have? Anyway it is a bit strange. Shane ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond

Re: Trill and nonstandard expressive mark

2012-12-28 Thread Shane Brandes
government for kicking out the professor that showed me those bits of the obscure art of piano playing. Shane On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:35 AM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: David Kastrup d...@gnu.org writes: Shane Brandes sh...@grayskies.net writes: The other question is purely musical. I

Re: Between-staff beam wrong direction

2012-12-28 Thread Shane Brandes
Try \override Beam #'concaveness = #x where is some negative value. It is in the LSR (lilypond snippet repository) Shane On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Mark Witmer m...@markwitmer.com wrote: Hi, I'm trying to typeset something like the following example: \version 2.17.10 \new

Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

2013-01-03 Thread Shane Brandes
, Shane On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 3:54 PM, james james.lilyp...@googlemail.com wrote: On Jan 3, 2013, at 2:46 AM, Antonio Gervasoni wrote: John Link johnlink at nyc.rr.com writes: A few years ago I was encouraged to try LilyPond as an alternative to Sibelius because LilyPond produced more

Re: Trill and nonstandard expressive mark

2013-01-03 Thread Shane Brandes
given case due to changes in the skyline (am I using that term right) or other factors. Therefore it is a guess to get them to mate and it will usually take a few attempts with different values to get it right. Shane \relative c'' { \set crescendoSpanner = #'text \override DynamicTextSpanner

Re: Trill and nonstandard expressive mark

2013-01-04 Thread Shane Brandes
things, once a standard notation, that lilypond still has not gotten into its arsenal. Shane On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Ed Gordijn ed.klari...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Shane, I am not sure if this is what you are looking for. To me it looks like a normal triller. You can suppress the text

Re: Trill and nonstandard expressive mark

2013-01-06 Thread Shane Brandes
[image: Inline image 1] So, being very pleased with the result can someone turn this into a snippet for the LSR. thank you all, Shane On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 6:03 AM, Ed Gordijn ed.klari...@gmail.com wrote: I see! Smart. ___ lilypond-user

Re: Trill and nonstandard expressive mark

2013-01-06 Thread Shane Brandes
Agreed, a trifle to the left yet. I still need to fiddle with that but, I still have a small number of other tiddly things to do before that gets hammered out. Shane On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 9:42 PM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Shane Brandes sh...@grayskies.net writes: Inline image 1

Re: Trill and nonstandard expressive mark

2013-01-06 Thread Shane Brandes
All right. \override TrillSpanner #'extra-offset = #'(-1.3 . 0.0) causes the whole apparatus to move, but it also leaves the tail end shorter. Shane On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Shane Brandes sh...@grayskies.net wrote: Agreed, a trifle to the left yet. I still need to fiddle

Re: Prallup on lefthand of note: positioning the glyph

2013-01-07 Thread Shane Brandes
\override Script #'extra-offset = #'(-2.6 . -2.0) just a wild guess on the values. Shane On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Javier Ruiz jav...@ruiz-alma.com wrote: I believe the attached glyph is a prall-up. What is the override(s) needed to allow the script to print inside the staff

Re: Evince (Was: Replacement suggestions for Century Schoolbook?)

2013-01-09 Thread Shane Brandes
That bug if it still happening has been around since at least 2009. I saw one of my scores the other day with the faulty barlines with that date. I recommend using Okular it is in some ways preferable to even Acrobat reader. Shane On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 5:08 AM, Carlo Stemberger carlo.stember

Re: RUMOR Midi utility Frescobaldi - Menu Error?

2013-01-10 Thread Shane Brandes
apt get xfce or gnome, that will solve that issue. Shane On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Noeck noeck.marb...@gmx.de wrote: I've been using Ubuntu for a few years now, so I know what you mean - there /used /to be a pull down/GNOME menu, but I haven't seen it since 12.10. Ah, I still use

multiple files in one

2013-01-10 Thread Shane Brandes
included file. Is it possible to get this to work or is there some sort of other mummery to go through. Shane ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: multiple files in one

2013-01-11 Thread Shane Brandes
Upon examination of that unknown snippet I found. So it cannot apply. % Will not work in 2.13 or later since define-public-toplevel has been removed On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:38 AM, Nick Payne nick.pa...@internode.on.netwrote: On 11/01/13 14:37, Shane Brandes wrote: \version 2.17.9

Re: multiple files in one

2013-01-11 Thread Shane Brandes
it is time to add a front matter block or something like that sothat one can add the title page and ToC stuff and not get it all confounded with headers for individual pieces. Shane On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Shane Brandes sh...@grayskies.net wrote: Upon examination of that unknown snippet I

Re: Bow lift/Breath mark placement

2013-01-11 Thread Shane Brandes
\override BreathingSign #'text = #(make-musicglyph-markup x) where x is the glyph you want to use. \override BreathingSign #'extra-offset = #'(0.0 . 2.0) adjust x y values as necessary Shane On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Evan Driscoll edrisc...@wisc.edu wrote: Hi, I'm a newbie

Re: enlarging the comma

2013-01-12 Thread Shane Brandes
-variable = #'(expressed value of variable desired) Sometimes the parenthesis are required, e.g. x and y values, but for single values they are not. There is likely a way to tweak this into existece but I am too tired to work that out just now. Shane On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 11:20 PM, i...@soundand.com

Re: enlarging the comma

2013-01-13 Thread Shane Brandes
it is best to ask if you are being idiosyncratic in doing so. Of course it is not yet a perfect program, but it is constantly being improved. Shane On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 11:20 PM, i...@soundand.com wrote: ** Hello- i just tried to do the \override BreathingSign#text = \markup

Re: multiple files in one

2013-01-13 Thread Shane Brandes
can throw in the further fudge factor of a pad-markup in order to force it into the next page. If you can't make a feature useful sidestep it. Shane \markup { \fill-line {\fontsize #5 {\bold a}}} \include a.ly \markup { \fill-line {\fontsize #5 \pad-markup #1.3 {\bold b}}} \include b.ly

Re: Horizontal white space

2013-01-15 Thread Shane Brandes
be a really tedious way of going about it and will of course make your midi file not play the rhythms correctly. Some will like as not have a much better idea. Shane On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Andrew Bernard andrew.bern...@gmail.comwrote: Greetings List, I would like to be able to add

Re: Headers Placement

2013-01-18 Thread Shane Brandes
to the rest of the programs capabilities. Anyway best of luck. Shane On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek carsonm...@ca.rr.comwrote: Hello: ** ** The attached file is for a Prelude and Fugue. The header for the Prelude does not appear and is replaced by the header

odd error

2013-01-22 Thread Shane Brandes
failed (0): gs: failed to fork (Cannot allocate memory)Did I break something or is it wanting a more robust machine? I was trying to run a file that runs to about a hundred pages using 2.17.9 over Ubuntu 12.10. Anyway that particular error does not seem obvious to me. Shane

Re: odd error

2013-01-24 Thread Shane Brandes
than the 272 pages achieved by simply concatenating all the indvidual pdfs. Maybe down the road I will take another crack at combining files en mass and arriving at a finer control of header data and the various other things that tend to escape from one file to the next. Thanks, Shane On Wed, Jan

Re: Holst's Mars?

2013-01-26 Thread Shane Brandes
There is a Dover edition. But I don't remember how nice the print in that volume is. Shane On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 9:52 PM, Evan Driscoll edrisc...@wisc.edu wrote: I was surprised to look on IMSLP not find a download of The Planets score that is better than a somewhat mediocre scan. I also

Re: Title font and font size change

2013-02-03 Thread Shane Brandes
\markup \abs-fontsize #16 { blah blah} regards, Shane On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Rustik r.ala...@mail.ru wrote: Tell me please how can I set lyrics font an absolute value -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Title-font-and-font-size-change

Re: Insane spring distance

2013-02-08 Thread Shane Brandes
It looks like lilypond is trying to indicate you attached something to an item that does not exit as a drawn entity and is reporting as a slightly bizarre but not enough to force it to stop. Seems to be a completely reasonable thing to do. Shane On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Jim Long lilyp

Re: A must-see for anybody on this list

2013-02-10 Thread Shane Brandes
The hand engraving was amazing. It makes you wonder what sort of metal exactly the plates are. I liked the I don't make mistakes quote. Is it possible that program was an in house adaptation of Music Tex or one of the others? Shane On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm hra

Re: A must-see for anybody on this list

2013-02-11 Thread Shane Brandes
of the oxidization. Shane On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:08 AM, bobr...@centrum.is bobr...@centrum.iswrote: - Original Message - From: Phil Holmes m...@philholmes.net To: Vaughan McAlley vaug...@mcalley.net.au, lilypond-user lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 9:37:14 AM

Re: Removing the line before a staff begins

2013-02-11 Thread Shane Brandes
\score { \new StaffGroup \new Staff = right \right \new Staff = left { \clef bass \left } and you will have to \layout { indent = 0 \context { \Score \remove Bar_number_engraver } } regards Shane On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:11 PM, ryanmichaelmcclure ryanmichaelmccl

Re: do-do-do-do-do-dots

2013-02-14 Thread Shane Brandes
Found the example Let us learn. [image: Inline image 1] On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Werner LEMBERG w...@gnu.org wrote: Folks, I can't believe that the number of dots is correct in this chord :-) \relative c' { d e f g a b c d e f g2. } Does Gould or someone else have a

Re: seeking advice on my music programming project

2013-02-15 Thread Shane Brandes
Can you make the measures less long so you can easier see the whole cantus firmus? There is a vast amount of space for one note at a time. Shane On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Gerard McConnell gerine...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, I've written a set of Java applets to help students practise

Re: Hushing up Sibelius news?

2013-02-21 Thread Shane Brandes
as opposed to closed format file format crap. i still have a ton of files left over from other projects that I will never likely open again due to not having those programs anymore. Shane On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:10 PM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Hilary Snaden h...@newearth.demon.co.uk

Re: Ending slur combined with decresc on single note

2013-02-22 Thread Shane Brandes
It looks like you you have a typo. Fix the first voice to {[d4( | d1)\fermata }\\ regards, Shane On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Garrett Fitzgerald sarekofvul...@gmail.com wrote: I'm re-setting my wife's part of Grainger's Irish Tune from County Derry, because it doesn't have the authentic

A little ancient notation trouble

2013-03-04 Thread Shane Brandes
of the edge of the page. So I am left with the option of using length multipliers to cheat the length. e.g. c\longa*1/8 etc. Does anyone know an easier way? Shane ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman

Re: A little ancient notation trouble

2013-03-05 Thread Shane Brandes
Thanks all, I managed to finish it. You can see the results with the original and Lilypond version at http://www.proportionallime.com/nonlime/lilypond/ Very pleased with the results. Shane On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Marek Klein ma...@gregoriana.sk wrote: Hello, 2013/3/5 Shane Brandes sh

Re: Pseudo-handwritten font

2013-03-06 Thread Shane Brandes
there was a jazz font patch somewhile ago. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2010-12/msg00290.html Shane On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Tim Roberts t...@probo.com wrote: I had it in my brain that Lilypond had a simple switch to enable the pseudo-handwritten font and engraving

Re: Calibration of Midi Output

2013-03-06 Thread Shane Brandes
Ought that not to be the midi players responsibility? I would use something like Scala and Timidity++ to do that. Shane On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Robert Schmaus robert.schm...@web.de wrote: Hi everyone, I'm looking for a command to calibrate the Midi output to (e.g.) a' = 442 Hz. Does

Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative

2013-03-07 Thread Shane Brandes
I would prefer not to use the new concept of relative. It seems awkward when a piece does not begin on a tonic it shifts the gamut in a less useful way. Shane On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Martin Tarenskeen m.tarensk...@zonnet.nl wrote: The idea is that \relative { ... } (namely \relative

Re: Proposed new available and recommended behavior of \relative

2013-03-08 Thread Shane Brandes
It's funny. I think i have used \absolute maybe three times. It is too much extra typing. Shane On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Keith OHara k-ohara5...@oco.net wrote: Colin Hall colinghall at gmail.com writes: In my early days with Lilypond I learned this to my cost. I've never used

Re: roling cords

2013-03-15 Thread Shane Brandes
the pitches and fullness of sonority go for it and it is not really necessary to mark such things unless the chord is clearly smaller than a tenth and you need to indicate a roll of a chord where it would not otherwise be physically required. Shane On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek

Re: R shorthand

2013-03-19 Thread Shane Brandes
Kieren, What happens when we need an awkward length R like R1*12/8*14? Shane On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hello all, While answering Helge's post about multi-measure rests, I had a couple of R-elated observations/thoughts: 1. We

Re: R shorthand

2013-03-19 Thread Shane Brandes
on to that extra undeclared information. Of course maybe i am wrong on that. But I do believe making sure the user is forced to think out the value of R duration is probably more useful than any minimal convenience, especially as Joram points out that would make r and R functionality divergent. Shane

Re: Help get musical scores onto Wikipedia!

2013-03-22 Thread Shane Brandes
What exactly are they after? Are these small quotations or entire scores, what is the scope. Is there a desiderata list? Or are they after whatever jumble gets thrown at them? Shane On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Jonathan Marmor jmar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! Would you like to help get

Re: how to change page numbering

2013-03-24 Thread Shane Brandes
first-page-number = #x , where x is the desired number works under 2.17. Shane On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Nick Payne nick.pa...@internode.on.net wrote: On 25/03/13 05:03, i...@soundand.com wrote: Hi- I'm using version 2.14 to complete a large project. Looks like from manual

Re: Repeated accidental after tie across line break

2013-03-26 Thread Shane Brandes
they are destined to go next. If you cannot remember what a chord is from one staff to the next you are simply not concentrating. Shane On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi, I don't see the ambiguity. So, upon seeing the screenshot I sent

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-04-03 Thread Shane Brandes
such an opinion if ever put to an legal actual contestation no matter how well worded a licence's permissiveness is worded or then misconstrued. Especially since the licence is contrary to the nature of normal copyright laws which in fact vary from nation state to nation state. Shane On Wed, Apr 3, 2013

Re: xpdf broken on ubuntu

2013-04-07 Thread Shane Brandes
I have used Okular for quite some time, at least 2 years now, as the necessary point click plugin for Frescobaldi with Lilypond. It works fine on Ubuntu 12.10 and has since the last long term version. regards, Shane On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 4:49 AM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Orm

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