Re: lilypond errors on a guitar minor sixth chord

any inversions. Thanks for the clarification on the reply-all. I wasn't sure what to do. Is there some place on the web were I can see other discussions? Stan On 04/14/2017 06:25 AM, Thomas Morley wrote: 2017-04-14 5:18 GMT+02:00 Stan Mulder <st4588...@earthlink.net>: (1)

lilypond errors on a guitar minor sixth chord

I would seem that lilypond doesn't like minor sixth chords. All my guitar fretboards seem to be fine, but I get errors on all chords with a minor sixth. Here's some of the code: b-flat4 bf/f g4:dim/e e-flat:m6 Here's the corresponding error complaining about the "m6" warning: No string for

Re: Volta endings and using \set Score.repeatCommands

That worked Thomas. I used your next to last example because I'm not too worried about the midi. Thank you. Stan On 04/11/2017 05:22 AM, Thomas Morley wrote: 2017-04-10 3:45 GMT+02:00 Stan Mulder <st4588...@earthlink.net>: Hi group. I'm trying to construct a certain volta ending

Re: Volta endings and using \set Score.repeatCommands

want changed? Mark *From:*Stan Mulder [mailto:st4588...@earthlink.net] *Sent:* Monday, April 10, 2017 8:02 PM *To:* Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonm...@ca.rr.com> *Subject:* Re: Volta endings and using \set Score.repeatCommands Mark & Jacques, My example was not complete. But if you try this,

Re: Volta endings and using \set Score.repeatCommands

lto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org] *On Behalf Of *Jacques Menu Muzhic *Sent:* Monday, April 10, 2017 12:47 AM *To:* Stan Mulder <st4588...@earthlink.net> *Cc:* lilypond-user <lilypond-user@gnu.org> *Subject:* Re: Volta endings and using \set Score.repeatCommands

Volta endings and using \set Score.repeatCommands

Hi group. I'm trying to construct a certain volta ending where there is a first and second ending, but the first ending does a D.S. to the sign, while the the second ending is a multiple repeat for solos. I seem to have made it render correctly, but I keep getting this error. Hopefully this

List test

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Re: How to create a leadsheet from a collection of parts in a score

tisimst gmail.com> writes: > No reason you can't do what you proposed! There is going to be quite a few ways to do what you'd like. I'm not sure they would be any better than yours without seeing a sample of the final score. However, once you implement your idea, it may be helpful and 

How to create a leadsheet from a collection of parts in a score

I would like to create a lead sheet from a 7-piece jazz score where the melody moves between trumpet, clarinet and trombone. Is there a suggested way to do this without creating spaghetti code? Is it as simple as defining various clarinet, trumpet and trombone variables that contain notes and

Grab a constant from the OS?

I do this successfully for my tagline (the line at the bottom of the last page.): lilystring = #(string-append "Engraved in LilyPond " (lilypond-version) " - Linux") \header { title = "My Song" tagline = \markup { \column { \fontsize #-2 \lilystring } } } It produces this

Best support programs for Lilypond

Just wondering how to achieve the best output with supporting programs when working with Lilypond. I find Frescobaldi a huge leap forward in using Lilypond. Frescobaldi increases productivity many times. Are there any other programs I should be using to speed the notation process?

Re: Put text spanner below the staff?

Andrew Bernard gmail.com> writes: > \override TextSpanner.direction = #DOWN > > and > > \override TextSpanner.direction = #UP Thanks. Multiple ways of doing it. I need to dig into the internals/options for lily commands. I did try the "_" and "-" method of markup, but that didn't work. It

Re: Put text spanner below the staff?

I think I found it: \textSpannerDown ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Put text spanner below the staff?

I am using a text spanner to designate an area to ritard, but the text is placed above the staff. How do I get it below the staff? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Create a snippet line of music after the main music

Great. Thank you Klaus. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Create a snippet line of music after the main music

At the end of a jazz piece I'm arranging I would like to suggest some notes for a solo at the bottom of the piece of music. Is there an easy way to do this? This is what I envision on the resulting piece of paper: main song notes main song notes main song notes main song notes main song notes

Re: Controllling repeat volta text

David Wright lionunicorn.co.uk> writes: > Perhaps this is more to your liking: Thanks David. You got it! ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Controllling repeat volta text

Andrew Bernard gmail.com> writes: > > Something like this? > > \version "2.19.36" > > voltaAdLib = \markup { 1. 2. 3... \text \italic { ad lib. } } > voltaLast = \markup { \text "last" } > \relative { >   \set Score.repeatCommands = #(list(list 'volta voltaAdLib) 'start-repeat) >   s1*8 >  

Controllling repeat volta text

I have a jazz piece with a repeating solo section. The number of times it repeats is indefinite. How do I notate this and then have a final measure which is the "last time" through that section. I played with the \set Score.repeatCommands commands, but I cannot quite get it right. Below is what

Nashville notation as chord symbols

I would like to use Nashville Notation for chord symbols using Arabic numbers instead of Roman numbers. Is there any way to do this? So in the key of C: C=1 D=2 E=3 F=4 G=5 A=6 B=7 So a blues progression might be: 1 4 5⁷ Instead of C F G⁷ So a B-flat7 chord in the key of C might be

Re: Can't compile after upgrade to 2.19.19

Keith OHara k-ohara5a5a at oco.net writes: At version 2.19.16, the name changed from 'eflat' to 'e-flat' The convert-ly program will change existing files for you. I first saw it suggested here https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=4076#c20 convert-ly will change something like

Can't compile after upgrade to 2.19.19

I'm getting errors that I cannot fix after upgrading to 2.19.19. These errors seem to show that lily is not recognizing my english pitch names like eflat even though I've included english.ly near the top of the file. I've also added \language english to no avail. Help. GNU LilyPond 2.19.19

Re: Can't compile after upgrade to 2.19.19

I might add I'm using the latest version of Linux Mint. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Score content spilling off left side of page

For some reason a score I made won't fit all the text on the left side of the page. I cannot find anything different about this score than previous ones. The first page looks okay, but it's the subsequent pages with the instrument abbreviations that are getting cut off with no margin at all. I'm

Re: Score content spilling off left side of page

Thanks. That seems to have helped. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

How do I create vertical space between staff lines

I have created a lead sheet with Intro, Chorus and Ending. It's all one continuous song, but I want to separate with white space the staves of the Intro from the Chorus, and I want to separate the Chorus from the Ending. So I would end up with three distinct sections. I'm doing this so that

Lilypond generates a chord from nowhere

I have a fretboard problem. I have defined a new fretboard for a plectrum banjo. Everything is working properly when I specify a chord, except when I specify a SLASH chord, i.e., a chord with a designation for the bass player. So for example, if I specify a G half-diminished chord, all is well.

Re: Lilypond generates a chord from nowhere

Simon Albrecht simon.albrecht at mail.de writes: Using tags should be more efficient, see http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/different-editions-from-one-source#using-tags. HTH, Simon Simon, I considered using two different definitions of the chords as Robert suggested, but

Re: Create one png image per pageBreak?

Thomas Morley thomasmorley65 at gmail.com writes: 2014-12-23 3:58 GMT+01:00 Stan Mulder st45882wz at earthlink.net: Attachment (simple-chord-names.ly): text/x-lilypond, 11 KiB Attachment (chords-02.ly): text/x-lilypond, 5950 bytes Attachment (predefined-plectrum-banjo-fretboards.ly): text

Create one png image per pageBreak?

I would like to specify a fretboard guitar chord and then create a png image of just that chord alone (fretboard with fingerings and chord name above it). But I would like to do this for all the chords and have a separate image for each chord. If this can be automated, that would be great. It

Re: Create one png image per pageBreak?

Urs Liska ul at openlilylib.org writes: Do separate \score blocks with page breaks between help you? Maybe I missed something, but I didn't have success with \score blocks. I seem to have more success with \book blocks, but now I have a lot of white space around the fretboard symbol and I

Re: Create one png image per pageBreak?

How about compiling your code with lilypond -dpreview -dresolution=200 your-file.ly ? (or whatever resolution is apropiate) Oh wow! That -dpreview trims the file nicely. I was prepared to use ImageMagik's convert program to trim the whitespace thusly, convert -trim filename.png outfile.png

Re: Create one png image per pageBreak?

Thomas Morley thomasmorley65 at gmail.com writes: snip Thomas: That is very nice! You are working at a lower level than I know how to do. I had one problem. Lilypond didn't like hash-table-≥alist so I changed the ≥ to a character and it compiled fine. However, I have a couple of requests if

Re: Create one png image per pageBreak?

Thomas Morley thomasmorley65 at gmail.com writes: I am using my own plectrum banjo fretboard definition. I wonder if that can be incorporated into your code? I will post an example of my file below. I'll have a look tomorrow. Right now it's in the middle of the night here ... In any case

Transpose not the resulting notes, but the codes that produced the notes

So let's say I started writing a song in Ab and then I decide it really should have been written in Eb. Is there a way to transpose the underlying lilypond codes? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Transpose not the resulting notes, but the codes that produced the notes

Urs Liska ul at openlilylib.org writes: Am 21. Dezember 2014 23:31:52 MEZ, schrieb Stan Mulder st45882wz at earthlink.net: So let's say I started writing a song in Ab and then I decide it really should have been written in Eb. Is there a way to transpose the underlying lilypond codes? Yes

Re: Trying to subscribe

Colin Campbell colinpkcampbell at gmail.com writes: Ordinarily, the list manager sends an email, to which you need to reply. Could it be in a junk folder on your email client? No. I received nothing. I subscribed a second and third time. Nothing. I don't use spam protection either. Stan

Trying to subscribe

I am trying to subscribe to the lilypond list. Nothing I do works. Now trying this. Thanks for listening. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Trying to creating a plectrum banjo fretboard

I am not a fretted string player, but I am arranging music for a dixieland band I play in. I would like to add fret diagrams for the plectrum banjo player. I think I could do it if it were a guitar part, but plectrum banjo doesn't seem to be defined in Lilypond. This is where I am lost. I would

Re: Trying to subscribe

Daniel Berjón Díez asuranceturix at gmail.com writes: On 09 Dec 2014, at 19:46, Stan Mulder st45882wz at earthlink.net wrote: I am trying to subscribe to the lilypond list. Nothing I do works. I don't think it worked this time either. I for one cannot read your message.;) Now

Re: Trying to creating a plectrum banjo fretboard

- \version 2.16.0 sources: mandolincafe website (http://www.mandolincafe.com/), sheetmusicdigital website (http://www.sheetmusicdigital.com/) This file is a fretboard definition for plectrum banjo where strings are tuned C G B D by Stan

Re: Alternate, as in separate, chords

Stan Mulder st45882wz at earthlink.net writes: Is it possible to put a different set of chords above the main line of chords like this (I hope this formats correctly): (Db7) G7C

Alternate, as in separate, chords

Is it possible to put a different set of chords above the main line of chords like this (I hope this formats correctly): (Db7) G7C And what about the parenthesis around the chord

Instrument name on second page

piece dixieland band: \version 2.12.0 \header { title = From Monday On subtitle = composer = composed by Harry Barris/Bing Crosby arranger = ver. 2009-10-25 transcriber = transcribed and tweaked by Stan Mulder meter = moderate piece = Swing

Re: Instrument name on second page

David Kastrup dak at gnu.org writes: \book{ \header {instrumentName = Trombone } I use just instrument here. instrumentName is used in staffs. That's helpful. Thanks. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Chord substitution mystery

I was using a chord substitution scheme submitted here by Kieren MacMillan. It works well and I enhanced it for augmented chords. However, I'm trying to display a plus sign as the augmented symbol and in the case of the C augmented7 chord it displays C7/#5 instead of C+7. Whereas the C aug 9 is

Re: Chord substitution mystery

Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmillan at sympatico.ca writes: You've got an errant ' in your chord definition -- you actually want c e gsharp bflat1-\markup { +\super 7 } Hope this helps! That does help. I guess the quote mark put that particular note in a different octave???

Re: Adding notes above drumstaff

Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmillan at sympatico.ca writes: (lilypond example snipped) That looks like it works. I think the notes should be smaller though so the drummer knows they are only cues. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Adding notes above drumstaff

Matthew Rowles rowlesmr at gmail.com writes: 2008/5/6 Stan Mulder st45882wz at earthlink.net: Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmillan at sympatico.ca writes: (lilypond example snipped) That looks like it works. I think the notes should be smaller though so the drummer knows

Re: Adding notes above drumstaff

Graham Percival gpermus at gmail.com writes: On Tue, 6 May 2008 03:28:43 + (UTC) Stan Mulder st45882wz at earthlink.net wrote: I tried that. I thought the font could be even smaller so I tried \teeny but got the following error: $ lilypond --png a.ly GNU LilyPond 2.10.33

Re: Adding notes above drumstaff

As a drummer I've struggled to find a way to write drum kicks as well. Another term may be rhythmic cues. This technique can be seen in almost all the drum parts of modern stage band music. Just clarify this further for others, the technique is to have a single line of small notes above the drum

countPercentRepeats = ##t

Regarding: \set countPercentRepeats = ##t Is it also possible to set the repeat number, the number above the percent repeat sign? Modern stage band pieces I come across tend to number according to the phrasing. For example, if one has a 16 bar phrase starting with four bars of notes then a

Make an invisible measure?

In my last measure before the CODA I have a DS al Coda. Immediately after this is the CODA. The problem is lilypond says there are two simultaneous marks here. So I inserted a skip measure s1 just before the CODA section. This works, but now I've got a small empty measure. IS there a better way to

Re: volta repeat challenge

Stan Mulder st45882wz at earthlink.net writes: I want to repeat a 16 bar comping section. I can get it to write the slash marks, but the repeat symbols won't show up. I'm using the comp macro found at lilypond.org (I think) which writes the slash marks. I can post that if necessary

Filename output numbering

When specifying --png at the command line, songs over 9 pages have a sorting problem: Song-page10.png Song-page11.png Song-page1.png Song-page2.png ... My image viewer is seeing page 10 of my score before I get to page 1. Then when I get to page 9 I've got to back up and find page 10. Is there

Forcing a chord output

If you have the same consecutive chords, only the first one prints out. Is it possible to force display of a subsequent chord in this case? I find this is necessary when a new phrase or section appears: end of A section: ... C:7 beginning of B section C:7 ... Normally the C7 in the B section

Re: shortInstrumentName help

I wanted to thank everybody for the help. I had it all mixed up. The shortInstrumentName must come before the \trumpet part, etc. otherwise it won't work. I forgot to group with curly braces as well. This worked like a charm though: \book { \score { \new

volta repeat challenge

I want to repeat a 16 bar comping section. I can get it to write the slash marks, but the repeat symbols won't show up. I'm using the comp macro found at lilypond.org (I think) which writes the slash marks. I can post that if necessary. \repeat volta 2 { \comp #64

Number over the percent repeat?

In a percent repeat, can I get the number of measures to be repeated over the double percent sign? \time 4/4 \repeat percent 2 { d8 f4 d8 e4 e | d2 csharp } ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

constructing a jazz piece

In constructing a small combo piece, I'm not sure how to modularize individual parts. For example, notes are specific to a certain instrument whereas a segno or coda is common to all parts. I'm confused as to where these things get inserted. For example, Do I put the coda symbol in each of

Re: constructing a jazz piece

David Bobroff bobroff at centrum.is writes: What I do is to put road-map stuff (key changes, time changes, repeats, segnos etc.) in a 'global' block. Then I combine that with parts for the individual part scores, and with the top staff in the main score. David, Is there an example

Re: constructing a jazz piece

David Bobroff bobroff at centrum.is writes: You can put all sorts of things in the 'global' block like rehearsal marks, too. I get it now. Thanks. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

shortInstrumentName help

I'm want my score to have short instrument names. What I've got is not working. Apparently I need to separate the trumpet and clarinet contexts but I'm not sure how to do that. \book { \score { \new StaffGroup = horns

Two questions: slashes and rhythmic cues

I've read the archives and see people discussing this but not sure anything was decided. I'm writing a jazz lead sheet and need slashes with chords over them. It's the slashes that I'm having a problem with. I found that I could use the following: \override NoteHead #'style = #'slash

Two questions: slashes and rhythmic cues

Let me try posting this again. Previously post got attached to another thread... I've read the archives and see people discussing this but not sure anything was decided. I'm writing a jazz lead sheet and need slashes with chords over them. It's the slashes that I'm having a problem with. I

Re: Which version of Lilypond to use?

Graham Lloyd wrote: Gentlemen, Which version of Lilypond should I useor can I use...on my iMac OS X 10.1.5? Thanks, Graham I think it's best to use the latest stable version if it's available for your system. I'm on Linux and my distro installs version 2.6.3 as a systemwide default, but

Re: Which frontend?

I've tried them all except for Jedit and have settled on Noteedit. It gets me started, then I manually edit the .ly file. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: New User

Melanie Grouse wrote: I'm not sure if I doing this right, or even if this is the right forum for me, - I have just started using Lilypond to transpose music for my son who is a trumpeter so he can play in church. I feel like I am blundering around in the dark, I haven't ever used a progam

Re: Stem lengths in 2.8.1

Mats Bengtsson wrote: Quoting Stan Mulder [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi group. What is the method of changing the stem length for /beamed/ notes? If you search the mailing list archive for stem lenght beamed, for example, you will find a number of relevant emails, including http

Re: Stem lengths in 2.8.1

Mats Bengtsson wrote: Stan Mulder wrote: Mats, I see like this referred to several times in 2004: / \override Stem #'beamed-lengths = #'(1.0 1.0 1.0)/ However, there is no 'beamed-lengths' attribute listed in the 2.8 documentation. And when I compile using that command I get this: Right

Re: Stem lengths in 2.8.1

Thanks Mats. Below is what I ended up with. It's a simple ly file that generates headless stems for rhythmic studies. Students take a known song and fill in the noteheads to help learn rhythm, especially syncopation. I've made a few more like this dealing with sixteenth notes and triplets.

Re: Stem lengths in 2.8.1

Hi group. What is the method of changing the stem length for beamed notes? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: small phrase to small png

To increase resolution you can do ps2png -R 300 filename.eps for 300 dpi. Or set it to something higher. Bo Herlin wrote: Yes, the \layout did it. Very useful. But how can I get better resolution? --preview is just... preview Can i get the hi-res version without the page? Mats Bengtsson wrote:

Re: Drum Scoring

Jennifer Clark wrote: That's exactly it - this makes a lot of sense to me as an arranger as it avoids the need to spell out explicitly what the drummer is most likely better at doing anyway. I suppose I could scan that section if needed. That would be really handy! Jennifer Try this:

Re: small phrase to small png

In addition to the other suggestions, if you are on Linux/Unix, after using the --preview command you can convert the eps file to an image with: ps2png filename.eps Mats Bengtsson wrote: Insert \layout{ raggedright = ##t } in your file if you dont want your notes spread out over the full line

Lyrics above the staff?

How can I block the following so that my lyrics (percussion sticking) appears above the staff? sticking = \lyricmode { R8 R L L R R L L } up = \drummode { \acciaccatura sn8 sn sn \acciaccatura sn8 sn sn \acciaccatura sn8 sn sn \acciaccatura sn8 sn sn } down = \drummode { hhp8 bd hhp bd hhp

2.5 percussion documentation examples are broken?

If one compares the 2.4 and 2.5 percussion notation page, you can see that the 2.5 examples are broken: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.5/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Percussion-staves.html http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.4/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Percussion-staves.html Stan

Notation question

I'm new to the list and I'm trying to get my lyrics (percussion sticking in this case) above the beams instead of below the noteheads. I've fiddled around with context but I'm lost. Code is below. I also noticed that my grace notes (grace note on the flams) were the same size as the regular