Re: Musescore/musicxml questions

2022-06-30 Thread Kira Garvie
o > LilyPond with xml2ly gives the same layout as when the exported file is > re-imported in Musecore. > > This is a difficult issue at any rate, to be submitted to the MuseScore > team at https://musescore.com/user/login?destination=%2Fcas%2Flogin. > > HTH! > > JM > > &g

Musescore/musicxml questions

2022-06-30 Thread Kira Garvie
Hey all, I know this is a bit off-topic but it's on-topic for me... also I don't know who else to ask, the muse-score forums aren't very helpful. I use Lilypond, Musescore, and musicxml files for my work. Please, no comments on the quality of Musescore, the decision to use it was above my

Re: Playback using Frescobaldi?

2022-06-23 Thread Kira Garvie
Thank you all for the help! Some of this is above my head - a timidity-daemon sounds like something out of a book... I hope I can figure something out from your answers, I am sorry I am not yet very savvy with these programs! On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 2:39 AM Vaughan McAlley wrote: > On Wed, 22

Playback using Frescobaldi?

2022-06-21 Thread Kira Garvie
Hello all, I use Frescobaldi to make my scores, and is it possible to have a way to play the scores so I can listen to them? It would make my proofreading so much quicker! Thank you! Best, Kira

Re: Piano pedalling in (conductor) scores

2022-05-30 Thread Kira Garvie
Well, someone has to put that info in. If it’s for a whole section, either it’s the composer or the orchestra librarian. Who cares of the conductor changes it, that’s their choice. If it’s for a single player like a keyboardist, I would be inclined to leave more open to the player - I am a

Re: Consecutive trills

2022-04-29 Thread Kira Garvie
It is true that Bach used the signs interchangeably, but if a trill terminates before the note itself terminates in his music, it indicates to stop trilling at that point and continue holding the note. At least that’s how we interpret his organ music notations! On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 3:54 PM

Re: Off-topic: What do you guys think of the upside-down music?

2022-04-15 Thread Kira Garvie
When I was a kid I would regularly turn piano scores upside down and try to sight read through then, so I think this is fun! On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 6:04 PM Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > Thanks, Jean! This is cool! Not that I would do anything with it, > but it sure is nice to know that there

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

2022-03-26 Thread Kira Garvie
Ditto to what Martin said, and I’ll add that if it’s organ music it means play the bass line with the feet. (Unless another line is specifically stated as being the pedal line). On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 3:08 AM Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2022, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > > >

Re: Accessing old threads?

2022-02-24 Thread Kira Garvie
Thank you, Jean! That gave me exactly what I needed! Best, Kira On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 8:03 PM Jean Abou Samra wrote: > Le 25/02/2022 à 01:44, Kira Garvie a écrit : > > Hi all, > > How/where do I access old mailing list threads? I am looking for the > > answer to a q

Accessing old threads?

2022-02-24 Thread Kira Garvie
Hi all, How/where do I access old mailing list threads? I am looking for the answer to a question I asked a few months ago, but I deleted the email. Thank you! Kira

Re: Teaser: Animated Lilypond Scores

2022-02-18 Thread Kira Garvie
I love it! That is amazing, and no need to apologize for your piano playing. The scrolling scores are extremely helpful for score study! On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 8:08 AM Valentin Petzel wrote: > Hello Pondmates! > > I have created an experimental script to turn a Lilypond score into an >

Re: Engraving chords with the same note twice, but different accidentals

2022-02-03 Thread Kira Garvie
I’m personally not a fan of the splayed stem notation - I’ve never seen it before so it makes me go “what?” before I get to the notes. It also sort of looks like the a natural should be played first because it’s stem goes down to the beam? I would rather have the b-double flat notation - then the

Re: trillSpan question:

2022-01-27 Thread Kira Garvie
o much from midi. > > Thanks, > Ken Wolcott > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 5:07 PM Kira Garvie wrote: > > > > I can't speak to the Lilypond notation, but only to the actual score > notation. When is this piece of music from? Different composers used > various tr

Re: trillSpan question:

2022-01-27 Thread Kira Garvie
I can't speak to the Lilypond notation, but only to the actual score notation. When is this piece of music from? Different composers used various trill markings to mean different things, but the 16th notes, although they are notated normally, are probably part of the ornament. There isnt really a

Re: String at the bottom of a cover page without using \markup

2021-12-18 Thread Kira Garvie
I’m so sorry, Valentin! That is a challenging time to go through, and I wish you strength and comfort. I hope you have a good support system to lean on at this time. I’ve been reading through this thread, and what strikes me is that the original intent of the question and the answers and

Re: 3 questions

2021-10-26 Thread Kira Garvie
I am also a new user, but what draws me to Lilypond is the sheer aesthetics of it. Even the most basic thing created with Lilypond looks 1000 times more professional and attractive than MuseScore, in my opinion! It is a learning curve though, one I’m still slogging through! On Tue, Oct 26, 2021

Re: Multiple versions of Lilypond?

2021-10-23 Thread Kira Garvie
the same computer (because there was no > IT standardization across the university that that's what it took to > support the many possible versions). It worked with due diligence (but no > one, ever, was allowed to touch that computer LOL). > > Hope I've helped a little. > >

Re: Multiple versions of Lilypond?

2021-10-23 Thread Kira Garvie
Ah. Thank you! I'll just stick to what I have now, then! On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 7:34 PM Aaron Hill wrote: > On 2021-10-23 3:58 pm, Kira Garvie wrote: > > What I was told is that there are some features on the back-end of the > > program that turns the Lilypond scores into manip

Re: Multiple versions of Lilypond?

2021-10-23 Thread Kira Garvie
? On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 6:50 PM David Kastrup wrote: > Kira Garvie writes: > > > Hi all, > > I saw this referenced in the Frescobaldi manual, but is it possible to > have > > multiple versions of Lilypond installed on my computer at once? Many of > you > &g

Multiple versions of Lilypond?

2021-10-23 Thread Kira Garvie
Hi all, I saw this referenced in the Frescobaldi manual, but is it possible to have multiple versions of Lilypond installed on my computer at once? Many of you know I have to use version 2.16.2 for my work (don't ask me why, I honestly don't know), but I would like to use a more recent version for

Re: Changing fingers while holding key down

2021-10-21 Thread Kira Garvie
. On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 2:16 PM Knute Snortum wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 10:10 AM Kira Garvie wrote: > > > > I don’t know if this will help, but another way to notate that is simply > a hyphen between the two fingerings, if you have space to have that. It > might be easie

Re: Changing fingers while holding key down

2021-10-21 Thread Kira Garvie
I don’t know if this will help, but another way to notate that is simply a hyphen between the two fingerings, if you have space to have that. It might be easier to notate? On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 12:57 PM Thomas Morley wrote: > Am Do., 21. Okt. 2021 um 18:07 Uhr schrieb Knute Snortum < >

Re: Asterisk before first syllable of verse

2021-10-21 Thread Kira Garvie
phone > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> > -- > *From:* lilypond-user gmail@gnu.org> on behalf of Kira Garvie > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 20, 2021 5:48:25 PM > *To:* Lilypond-User Mailing List > *Subject:* Asterisk before

Asterisk before first syllable of verse

2021-10-20 Thread Kira Garvie
Hello all! I need there to be an asterisk before the first syllable of this verse, but I can't figure out how to make it work with also keeping the hyphenation of the word, and not bumping all the lyrics over one syllable... also, I dont use the \addLyrics command because the text and the music

Re: Text formatting - Spanish lyrics

2021-10-15 Thread Kira Garvie
it if it was just English, but it really is necessary for the Spanish text! On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 6:39 PM Jefferson Felix wrote: > Is there any problem if using Jeho -- vá? > > Em sex., 15 de out. de 2021 19:14, Kira Garvie > escreveu: > >> Hi all, >> My latest project is some Sp

Text formatting - Spanish lyrics

2021-10-15 Thread Kira Garvie
Hi all, My latest project is some Spanish/English hymns. Mostly I have it figured out, but I have a question about text. It is convention in Spanish music to have multiple syllables on one note slurred together with that little mark under and between the syllables, achieved with the *example~more

Re: How to add a horizontal line after every third verse?

2021-10-14 Thread Kira Garvie
That solution didn’t work for me, but I thought it was probably user error and decided to try again later  Valentin also submitted a response in that previous thread. I need it to separate between Spanish and English text in a hymn. I never realized what a strange format some hymns are! Best,

Re: Horizontal line between hymn verses

2021-10-09 Thread Kira Garvie
I am attaching the template of what I work with, because I am not exactly sure where to insert either of those fixes... Sorry for being such a newbie! On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 5:00 AM Valentin Petzel wrote: > Hello Kira, > > Aarons version uses the stencil of the stanza number, which means that

Change text size within " "?

2021-10-07 Thread Kira Garvie
Another question... In the score, the Spanish title is smaller. Is there a way to do that in the header block within the quotation marks? (the fs information is specifically for the Hymnary FlexScores) \header { title = "Blest Be the Tie that Binds / Sagrado es el amor" fsHymnal = "Santo Santo

Horizontal line between hymn verses

2021-10-07 Thread Kira Garvie
Hello all! I can't figure out how to get that horizontal line dividing the spanish from the english verses... any tips? Thank you! Kira SSS_701_scans.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document

Re: responses in hymn tunes?

2021-10-02 Thread Kira Garvie
Sorry! I am still new, I havent made a tiny example yet... some of the features of FlexScores only work with 2.16.2, so that is why Hymnary still uses it. On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 5:50 PM Carl Sorensen wrote: > Hi, Kira > > > > *From: *lilypond-user gmail@gnu.org> on beh

Re: voiceOne and oneVoice

2021-09-29 Thread Kira Garvie
I think that made sense! I will try it out and let you know if it doesnt! On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 6:50 PM David Kastrup wrote: > Lukas-Fabian Moser writes: > > > Hi Kira, > > > > Am 30.09.21 um 00:32 schrieb Kira Garvie: > >> I realize this is a

voiceOne and oneVoice

2021-09-29 Thread Kira Garvie
Hello all! I realize this is a pretty basic question... but what is the difference between voiceOne and oneVoice? I am writing a multivoice keyboard-style hymn (as opposed to SATB chorale style) and the directions say to switch between oneVoice and voiceOne as needed for stem direction... "(d) Add

Re: When the tempo is given as "Simply", what metronome marking would that imply?

2021-09-26 Thread Kira Garvie
e tempo changes to a march, so I can figure that out. > > Now, since I basically know what the music sounds like, I think that > the default 60bpm that midi uses is ok, but... > > On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 2:11 PM Kira Garvie wrote: > > > > Hi Ken, > > That’s a lovely vagu

Re: When the tempo is given as "Simply", what metronome marking would that imply?

2021-09-26 Thread Kira Garvie
Hi Ken, That’s a lovely vague indication, isn’t it! I always felt it implied more of a playing style than a tempo, but everything I have played that has had that marking has been mostly along the lines of an “andantino.” It’s hard to give an exact metronome marking for that, though, it depends on

Re: Having an actual hyphen in the lyrics?

2021-09-16 Thread Kira Garvie
Oh my this is getting way more involved than I expected! I’m re-thinking this in terms of the interruption dash Valentin mentioned. The formatting in old hymnals is sometimes really hard to parse out, and there are frequently mistakes, but I think that an interruption dash makes the most sense in

Re: Having an actual hyphen in the lyrics?

2021-09-15 Thread Kira Garvie
– under the tied note, if that is still intended. > > Cheers, > Valentin > > 15.09.2021 00:43:35 Kira Garvie : > > Actually, I had quite a few spelling errors, I am sorry! Verse two is > supposed to be arouse, so that is also a dash. Carl was right, the correct > term

Re: Having an actual hyphen in the lyrics?

2021-09-14 Thread Kira Garvie
for the help! On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 6:34 PM David Wright wrote: > On Tue 14 Sep 2021 at 18:05:17 (-0400), Kira Garvie wrote: > > Okay, I tried that, but it bumps the lyrics all over one. In the original > > page scan, which I am following, the hyphen falls right under the tied d >

Re: Having an actual hyphen in the lyrics?

2021-09-14 Thread Kira Garvie
Hi Carl, What do you mean by a code sample? I am sorry to be so ignorant - I was told I would be using MuseScore, then day one of this gig told "here, learn Lilypond instead" so I had to kind of crash-course this! those are very different little beasts! Thank you! Best, Kira On Tue, Sep 14, 2021

Re: Having an actual hyphen in the lyrics?

2021-09-14 Thread Kira Garvie
Absolutely no purpose, other than that it is in the original scan and my instructions were to follow the original as closely as possible! It is from a 1989 Baptist hymnal that has some interesting formatting issues, so yes, it is absolutely not practical. Thank you though!! On Tue, Sep 14, 2021

Having an actual hyphen in the lyrics?

2021-09-14 Thread Kira Garvie
Hello all, If there is a literal hyphen in the text, not a hyphen that breaks up/extends a single word, how do I indicate that to Frescobaldi? Thank you! (I couldnt find it on the manual!) the text is: The fight is on - the trumpet call is ringing out... (old Baptist hymn.) Thank you! Best, Kira

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-12 Thread Kira Garvie
Oooh thank you! ~Kira On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 7:54 PM Karlin High wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 7:32 PM Kira Garvie wrote: > > how do I insert the curly quotes? > > If you are using Frescobaldi: > > Ctrl + ' = ‘’ > Ctrl + Shift + " = “” > > The “curly” ty

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-12 Thread Kira Garvie
Thank you Aaron!! (Anyone who types “blessèd” that much probably works in a similar line of work to me - that word sounds funny to me with just one syllable now! I am a church organist/ music director.)! On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 1:18 AM Aaron Hill wrote: > On 2021-09-11 5:32 pm, Kira Gar

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-11 Thread Kira Garvie
Following up on this question from thursday, how do I insert the curly quotes? I copied them from your email but would like to know how to do them myself! On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 6:09 PM Kira Garvie wrote: > Thank you, Jean! The first option with the backslashes worked perfectly. > > On

Re: Realigning rests

2021-09-10 Thread Kira Garvie
Thank you so much! I was wondering about the double dots as well. On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 4:15 AM Valentin Petzel wrote: > Hello Kira, > > From your code I see that the problem stems from the line > \override Staff.Rest #' staff-position = #0 > > Here you basically force Lilypond to put all

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-09 Thread Kira Garvie
Thank you, Jean! The first option with the backslashes worked perfectly. On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 6:02 PM Jean Abou Samra wrote: > Le 09/09/2021 à 23:46, Kira Garvie a écrit : > > Hello all, > > I am typing the lyrics to a hymn, and it has the line: The cry “To > > arms!” i

Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-09 Thread Kira Garvie
Hello all, I am typing the lyrics to a hymn, and it has the line: The cry “To arms!” is heard afar and near. How do I do those quotations without Frescobaldi thinking it’s a string of code? Also I am the newbie-est of newbies with coding and this program here so please be gentle and very specific!