Re: Tight spacing in mensural notation (was: Re: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem)

2019-10-30 Thread Graham King
> On 30 Oct 2019, at 21:41, Thomas Morley wrote: > > Am Mi., 30. Okt. 2019 um 19:44 Uhr schrieb Graham King > : > >> Harm, I'm afraid I'm struggling with "#(ly:make-moment -3)" >> >> The NR[2] shows four arguments to ly:make-moment, describes two of them, and >> then speaks a little

Re: Tight spacing in mensural notation (was: Re: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem)

2019-10-30 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Mi., 30. Okt. 2019 um 19:44 Uhr schrieb Graham King : > Harm, I'm afraid I'm struggling with "#(ly:make-moment -3)" > > The NR[2] shows four arguments to ly:make-moment, describes two of them, and > then speaks a little obtusely of the _second_ argument to ly:make-moment > being possibly

Re: Tight spacing in mensural notation (was: Re: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem)

2019-10-30 Thread Graham King
> On 30 Oct 2019, at 00:05, Graham King wrote: > >> >> On 29 Oct 2019, at 22:12, Thomas Morley wrote: >> >> Am Di., 29. Okt. 2019 um 16:28 Uhr schrieb Graham King >> : >>> >>> >>> This unanswered part of Reggie's question in [1] lead me to re-scratch an >>> old itch. In manuscripts and

Re: Tight spacing in mensural notation (was: Re: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem)

2019-10-29 Thread Graham King
> On 29 Oct 2019, at 22:12, Thomas Morley wrote: > > Am Di., 29. Okt. 2019 um 16:28 Uhr schrieb Graham King > : >> >> "...and most important you want tight space between all notes as >> though it's not allowing the space for barlines and more." >> >> This unanswered part of Reggie's question

Re: Tight spacing in mensural notation (was: Re: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem)

2019-10-29 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Di., 29. Okt. 2019 um 16:28 Uhr schrieb Graham King : > > "...and most important you want tight space between all notes as > though it's not allowing the space for barlines and more." > > This unanswered part of Reggie's question in [1] lead me to re-scratch an old > itch. In manuscripts and

Tight spacing in mensural notation (was: Re: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem)

2019-10-29 Thread Graham King
"...and most important you want tight space between all notes as though it's not allowing the space for barlines and more." This unanswered part of Reggie's question in [1] lead me to re-scratch an old itch. In manuscripts and old printed editions of mensural notation, notes and rests are

Re: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem

2019-10-28 Thread Ben
On 10/28/2019 8:41 PM, Reggie wrote: Thomas Morley-2 wrote Am Mo., 28. Okt. 2019 um 11:22 Uhr schrieb Reggie reegistoop@ : Hello list. I am struggling with this. Please don't laugh I just feel like crying I cannot see what is right in front of me I must be. I am attempting to learn more

Re: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem

2019-10-28 Thread Reggie
Thomas Morley-2 wrote > Am Mo., 28. Okt. 2019 um 11:22 Uhr schrieb Reggie > reegistoop@ > : >> >> Hello list. I am struggling with this. Please don't laugh I just feel >> like >> crying I cannot see what is right in front of me I must be. I am >> attempting >> to learn more deeper in lilypond

Re: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem

2019-10-28 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Mo., 28. Okt. 2019 um 11:22 Uhr schrieb Reggie : > > Hello list. I am struggling with this. Please don't laugh I just feel like > crying I cannot see what is right in front of me I must be. I am attempting > to learn more deeper in lilypond and try a cadenza sort of passage. I see > two

Re: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem

2019-10-28 Thread Shane Brandes
Reggie, You will need both bits of code. \once \override TrillSpanner.extra-offset = #'(0 . -0.2) The last number controls the vertical position. It will require experimentation and guesswork try a value as large as 3 and observe what happens to the trill spanner. It will work. regards, Shane

Re: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem

2019-10-28 Thread Reggie
Shane, your code does not work. When I move left and right the trills still do not align line up side by side as I show in my picture. Please? Shane Brandes-2 wrote > \once \override TrillSpanner.extra-offset = #'(0 . -0.2) That will help > with the vertical position somewhat cumbersome as you

Re: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem

2019-10-28 Thread Shane Brandes
\once \override TrillSpanner.extra-offset = #'(0 . -0.2) That will help with the vertical position somewhat cumbersome as you must guess the offset value. you can also define a function, which you can invoke where needed. trillArrow = \once \override TrillSpanner.bound-details.left.text =

RE: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem

2019-10-28 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
ilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem Hello list. I am struggling with this. Please don't laugh I just feel like crying I cannot see what is right in front of me I must be. I am attempting to learn more deeper in lilypond and try a cadenza sort of passage. I see two problems I am b

Cadenza Senza Tempo Problem

2019-10-28 Thread Reggie
Hello list. I am struggling with this. Please don't laugh I just feel like crying I cannot see what is right in front of me I must be. I am attempting to learn more deeper in lilypond and try a cadenza sort of passage. I see two problems I am bad at. One, how do I get the trills to be side by