italic phrase in lyrics

2024-05-15 Thread David Olson
Suppose the lyrics contain two contradictory propositions: Ma -- the -- ma -- tics is in -- vent -- ed. Ma -- the -- ma -- tics is dis -- cov -- ered. Is this the only way to put the second proposition in italics? \markup { \italic Ma } -- \markup { \italic the } -- \markup { \italic ma }

Re: subscript in lyrics

2024-04-26 Thread David Olson
As it turns out, the "bc" text needs to be in lower case for \smallCaps to work. title = \markup { 539. Threshing Floor of Aruna. 1100 \smallCaps bc } it doesn't operate on text that's already capitalized. Thanks for the help! I never would have solved this by myself. David

Re: subscript in lyrics

2024-04-26 Thread David Olson
the \markup command is not being compiled. The PDF only prints the literal text of the command itself, including the curly brackets. Thanks again for your earlier help; it works beautifully. David Olson Los Angeles - Original Message - From: "mskala" To: "dadadharma @dslextr

subscript in lyrics

2024-04-20 Thread David Olson
e cited above, I reacted passionately to "They shall not..." becoming "We will overcome" -- a definite sense of the Muse at work. This definite sense was perhaps the intellectual thought that paralleled my passion. Well-chosen! and Thanks for the Inspiration! David Olson

N.C. No Chord poll

2023-05-19 Thread David Olson
intention is not to be helpful, but cute, then it's an insult to anyone who wants to suppress the "N.C." How can it be otherwise? David Olson

Re: error :GUILE signaled an error for the expression

2021-07-13 Thread David Olson
) (why is that?) (below the dignity of the neocortex, but lodged in the periaqueductal grey?) Not a fan of かな漢字変換 feature on Mac OSX (System 8 and System 9 were much better). David Olson Tinseltown From: "ming tsang" To: "lilypond-user" Cc: "c sorensen" S

edit to Lilypond wikipedia article

2020-04-16 Thread David Olson
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Re: alignAboveContext for alto

2019-12-09 Thread David Olson
appropriate solution, tell me know. Have a nice day, Rémy > Message du 08/12/19 20:42 > De : "David Olson" > A : "lilypond-user" > Copie à : > Objet : alignAboveContext for alto > > Dear Lilyponders, Suppose I have a ChoirStaff with f

alignAboveContext for alto

2019-12-08 Thread David Olson
"Voice" } { alignAboveContext = "altoMusic" } \new Voice = "two" { \altoMusic } \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = "two" } {\lyricsto "two" \stanzaFirst } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "two" \stanzaTwo This just prints the "

Re: octavating slurs

2019-11-01 Thread David Olson
ing). Sorry, my comments are no longer lilypondish, nevertheless represent a little-known aspect of the sociability of music. Thanks again, David Kastrup, and others who built this option into Lilypond! David Olson Los Angeles p.s. Also, these songs are not so difficult. <http://w

Re: octavating slurs

2019-10-31 Thread David Olson
Thank you David ! ^(_( works perfectly -- david olson - Original Message - From: "David Kastrup" To: "dadadharma @dslextreme.com" Cc: "lilypond-user" Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 4:42:46 PM Subject: Re: octavating slurs David Olson

octavating slurs

2019-10-31 Thread David Olson
the profound option, it would be nice if there was a slur symbol right where their eyes are focused If it can't be done, we'll live with it... TIA, David Olson

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread David Olson
Hello Jacques, If the intention is to eliminate the display of time signatures, Isn't it possible to use the make-moment function? { \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 2 2) d2 a'2 fis2} { \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 3 2) d2 a'2 b4 b4 } From: "Guy

Re: [OT] Search for Morgensterns Galgenlieder for choir

2018-06-11 Thread David Olson
Shane wrote: > Then again a many of them have had some > "helpful" person tidy things up and disposed > of vast amounts of "useless" stuff. They also make trades with other choir directors. David From: "Shane Brandes" To: "Bernhard Kleine" , "lilypond-user" Sent: Monday, June 11,

Re: [VOT] Search for Morgensterns Galgenlieder for choir

2018-06-11 Thread David Olson
on Anthroposophical poetry and music? David Olson Culver City, California - Original Message - From: "J Martin Rushton" To: "lilypond-user" Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2018 10:18:37 AM Subject: Re: [VOT] Search for Morgensterns Galgenlieder for choir On 10/06/18 18:03, Aaron H

Re: shaped notes

2018-05-10 Thread David Olson
d Harp). To quibble, Rachel Hall says " typeset the music" but of course Lilypond is about engraving, not typesetting. And that's why it's so beautiful. Come sing with us if you're ever in Los Angeles, David Olson <http://www.hosorembo.com/> From: "Brad Eberl

perfect major thirds

2014-07-01 Thread David Olson
what should I write to actually do this? http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=786 The arrows represent the alteration that changes a Pythagorean major third to a perfect major third. And MIDI will output this, right? Thanks in advance, David Olson Culver City, California

braille output

2010-02-01 Thread David Olson
If a blind singer starts coming to our group, and we already have our songs in .ly files, is there a way of generating braille copies? Surfing the web, I see that historically, various hopeful announcements have been made, but I can't find anything documentationwise. David Olson

stanza set to AABA tune

2010-01-20 Thread David Olson
-- expecting LYRICS_STRING or STRING or STRING_IDENTIFIER Do I need to name the repeated section and then integrate it in the score section? Any template of AABA music out there? David Olson Culver City, CA ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: stanza set to AABA tune

2010-01-20 Thread David Olson
Thanks everybody. In the meantime, I created dummy unnumbered stanzas, and it worked. http://www.hosorembo.com/Revival/Friendship.html The info from Francisco Vila is very useful and I'll start using it. Thanks again, David Olson ___ lilypond-user

Re: [frogs] Re: Numeric note heads for singers

2010-01-10 Thread David Olson
From a teaching point of view: the mi (diamond/lozenge) is unique, so it doesn't need a number. Would dice-like dots be better than numbers, I wonder. the fa (triangle) is the main source of confusion. In major, fa is both 1 (tonic) and 4 (subdom). In minor/dorian, fa is both 3 and 6. The 6

Re: [frogs] Re: Numeric note heads for singers

2010-01-09 Thread David Olson
the triangular outline of 4. Getting new singers to distinguish between tonic-triangle and fourth-triangle is the main thing. I guess there isn't any way of doing this right now, and that's a good answer to my question. Thanks, David Olson Culver City, CA

Numeric note heads for singers

2010-01-03 Thread David Olson
to have a site/tutorial that focuses on four-part-harmony issues. If someone has already done this, let me know. Photo of me is here: http://www.meetup.com/Ballona-Fasola-Singers/ TIA, David Olson ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org