Manually override code names?

2022-11-06 Thread Tom Campbell
Using a rootless version of C13 in the piano left hand makes Lilypond call it an E variant. I can't figure out how to override chord names so I'm using markup, like this. What am I doing wrong? leftHand = \relative c, { \clef bass \key c \major \time 4/4 4^\markup { C13 } 4 ^\markup

Please tear apart this example lead sheet template for traditional Western folk tunes

2022-02-21 Thread Tom Campbell
I am about to transcribe a bunch of older Western folk music in lead sheet form for an open source tunebook. Am trying to create a robust template so I don't have to think too much about anything other than getting the notes, chords, and lyrics right. You can see it below, or rendered by the

Long text passages: Proper use of \markup, \column, \line?

2018-10-05 Thread Tom Campbell
I'm writing multiple pages of text and noticed that the bottom margin wasn't being observed. I think it's because I'm placing the whole chapter inside a \markup. I can't seem to find a cohesive explanation of \markup all in one place. Likewise with \column, \line, \wordwrap, and \markuplist.

Re: #vspace not working after text?

2018-10-02 Thread Tom Campbell
Thanks, all. The solution I arrived at thanks to your input looked like the following: #(define-markup-command (headerThree layout props text) (markup?) "Create a level 3 header" (interpret-markup layout props #{ \markup { \column { \vspace #.5 \bold \sans { #text } \vspace #2 } }

#vspace not working after text?

2018-10-01 Thread Tom Campbell
I want vertical space to occur after a heading. But it seems that the following still puts the space before it, or am I going insane? #(define-markup-command (headerThree layout props text) (markup?) "Create a level 3 header" (interpret-markup layout props #{ \markup { \fontsize #1 \line

Re: Cannot include # in URL?

2017-10-29 Thread Tom Campbell
Worked like a charm, Abraham. Thank you so much. That made my night! ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Cannot include # in URL?

2017-10-29 Thread Tom Campbell
Can't figure out how to include # in a URL. When I do something like this: \markup { For more, see http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/ writing-rhythms#durations } I get the following message: error: GUILE signaled an error for the expression beginning here For more, see