Spacing between notes

2018-02-19 Thread nokel81
I am using the the `\include "gregorian.ly"` but the spacing between the notes is a bit off leading to the notes and the lyrics don't line up. Code: test.pdf -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html

Re: A couple of questions about Edition Engraver

2018-02-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Jan-Peter, > to address multiple contexts at once you can use regular expressions and > wildcards like in > https://github.com/openlilylib/edition-engraver/blob/master/usage-examples/development-3.ly YAY! I didn't know this was in there. (I'm sure I would have, if I had gotten my head

Re: A couple of questions about Edition Engraver

2018-02-19 Thread Stefano Troncaro
I've been wanting to expand my earlier tutorial with a section dealing with \editionModList since I think the convenience of it can be useful to many users. However, it is not a solution for every situation. Particularly, it is not useful when you need to insert objects as part of your edition if

Re: Syllable count

2018-02-19 Thread Karlin High
On 2/19/2018 4:04 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: #(display-scheme-music (length (ly:music-property lyr 'elements))) And as I hoped, this can get syllable counts from music, too. % BEGIN LILYPOND CODE \version "2.19.80" mus = { c'1 c'4 c'8 c'16 c'32 c'64 c'4 } #(display-scheme-music (length

Re: Fermatas with tremolos

2018-02-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Harm, > On Feb 19, 2018, at 5:47 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: > you need to go for the grob's left/right-bounds in order to get their > coordinates and move the fermata accordingly. > Leads to: Nice! > Or use the method with tuplets, at least less invasive. Yes… but

Re: Fermatas with tremolos

2018-02-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Simon, > As so often, I find this comparison almost heart-rending. + 1,000,000 Kieren. Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: LilyPond/LaTeX template for Anglican chant

2018-02-19 Thread David Wright
On Sun 11 Feb 2018 at 10:54:11 (+0100), Michael Gerdau wrote: > Hi Gregrs, > > > In case it's useful to anyone, I've just created a template for> > > typesetting psalms with Anglican chant using LilyPond, LaTeX and GNU > Make.> > https://github.com/gregrs-uk/anglican-chant-template > Looks nice.

Re: Syllable count

2018-02-19 Thread Karlin High
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Why not use different Lyrics contexts, and just omit the grobs until you need > to see them? Okay, time for me to betray my ignorance. I've looked at Notation Reference 2.1.2 Techniques Specific to Lyrics,

Re: Syllable count

2018-02-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Karlin, > I often work on 2-stave SATB or TTBB pieces that have multiple stanzas with > all 4 parts using the same lyrics. > But then there's a chorus where any or all of the 4 parts have differing > lyrics. > I usually end up adding an extra stanza of lyrics for those, and then going... >

Re: Spacing between notes

2018-02-19 Thread nokel81
\include "gregorian.ly" \paper { #(set-paper-size "letter") #(define margin (* 1.5 in)) } \layout { \context { \Staff \remove "Time_signature_engraver" \remove "Bar_engraver" \hide Stem } \context { \Voice \override

Re: Spacing between notes

2018-02-19 Thread Thomas Morley
2018-02-20 0:19 GMT+01:00 nokel81 : > I am using the the `\include "gregorian.ly"` but the spacing between the > notes is a bit off leading to the notes and the lyrics don't line up. > > Code: I see no code -Harm ___

Re: Syllable count

2018-02-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Karlin, > I don't find advice on how to best handle it when multiple stanzas of > shared lyrics diverge into a chorus of many separate ones at a point > dozens of bars into the song. There are various ways of handling it, each with pros and cons depending on (a) your experience with

Re: typesetting: doing it twice

2018-02-19 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Federico, My sentiments exactly. Precisely what I was poorly trying to convey. Andrew On 19 February 2018 at 18:45, Federico Bruni wrote: > > In general, I would use git and an issue management software like > Github/Gitlab. > This blog post provides a detailed

Re: adding markup from event listeners

2018-02-19 Thread Maurits Lamers
Hi, > Op 17 feb. 2018, om 09:21 heeft David Kastrup het volgende > geschreven: >> >> As I am doing my analysis on the finalize event, I can only add the >> markup after the analysis in the same event. > > That won't do I think (you'd have to _not_ use a grob but rather fiddle >

Re: Force Lilypond to preserve vertical order of TextScripts?

2018-02-19 Thread David Kastrup
Saul Tobin writes: > I probably will write such a function to deal with my immediate needs, but > I raise the issue because this is a case where Lilypond has well defined > behavior MOST of the time, and then sometimes violates it. No, it doesn't. Short of other

Re: Force Lilypond to preserve vertical order of TextScripts?

2018-02-19 Thread Thomas Morley
2018-02-19 9:35 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup : > Saul Tobin writes: > >> I probably will write such a function to deal with my immediate needs, but >> I raise the issue because this is a case where Lilypond has well defined >> behavior MOST of the time, and

Re: what's the error?

2018-02-19 Thread David Kastrup
"Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > Hello, > > > > See the attachment for what I want. > > > > This is what I code: > > > > \relative c'' { > > <<{bes8 [a]}\\{ > > \once \set tieWaitForNote = ##t > > \grace {c,8~ d~ fis~} 4}>> > > } > > > > The error message is

lilypond blog

2018-02-19 Thread Gianmaria Lari
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Re: Fermatas with tremolos

2018-02-19 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Peter, Can't you just use this to move it? \once \override TextScript.X-offset = #0.8 % for example Or is it that what you are asking is to have the tremolo sign and the fermata automatically aligned? Not clear to me. Andrew On 19 February 2018 at 22:25, Peter Toye

RE: what's the error?

2018-02-19 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
David, Thank you for the explanation. Mark -Original Message- From: David Kastrup [mailto:d...@gnu.org] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 12:38 AM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek Cc: 'lilypond-user' Subject: Re: what's the error? "Mark Stephen

Re: what's the error?

2018-02-19 Thread David Kastrup
"Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > David Kastrup [mailto:d...@gnu.org] wrote: >> >> >> \once \set sets tieWaitForNote once at the current point of time. >> That means it will be active for the first grace note but not for the >> others. Consequently it's inactive for d~

Re: A couple of questions about Edition Engraver

2018-02-19 Thread lists
Hi David, 19. Februar 2018 12:00, "David Sumbler" schrieb: > As a newcomer to using Edition Engraver, and looking at the example > files etc., I wondered why they were written with so much repetition. > "Perhaps it is just to keep things easy for newcomers like me to >

using lilypond in LaTeX (MacTeX)

2018-02-19 Thread Brian J. Christie
Good Morning, I am somewhat new to using LaTeX. I recently upgraded from 2013 to 2017 MacTex and installed Lilypond 2.18.2. I have tried to incorporate some simple lilypond code in LaTex and it hasn't worked yet. I can create a pdf directly from Lilypond. Specifically, I can compile ->

Re: A couple of questions about Edition Engraver

2018-02-19 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
Hi David, Urs already answered. I understand your concerns about the input and I am always open for ideas to ease the input for the edition-engraver. Like Urs already mentioned your proposal will be difficult to implement because it doesn't use the standard parser schemes. But it sheds light

Re: using lilypond in LaTeX (MacTeX)

2018-02-19 Thread Br. Samuel Springuel
LilyPond is not a LaTeX package, but a standalone program for typesetting music. To combine LilyPond and LaTeX output into the same document, you have several possibilities: 1) lilypond-book: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/usage/lilypond_002dbook This is a pre-processor script

Fermatas with tremolos

2018-02-19 Thread Peter Toye
I want to engrave a fermata over a tremolo. What's the correct way of displaying this? I've looked on various fora and the consensus seems to be that the fermata sign should be midway between the notes. The first two parts of the snippet below put it at the beginning or the end. The third one

A couple of questions about Edition Engraver

2018-02-19 Thread David Sumbler
As a newcomer to using Edition Engraver, and looking at the example files etc., I wondered why they were written with so much repetition.  "Perhaps it is just to keep things easy for newcomers like me to understand," I thought. So I experimented with reformatting using braces as Lilypond does,

Fermatas with tremolos

2018-02-19 Thread Peter Toye
I want to engrave a fermata over a tremolo. What's the correct way of displaying this? I've looked on various fora and the consensus seems to be that the fermata sign should be midway between the notes. The first two parts of the snippet below put it at the beginning or the end. The third one

Re: Fermatas with tremolos

2018-02-19 Thread Peter Toye
Andrew, Thanks - that works ( on the 4th version). But it's a bit of a kludge. I'm surprised that LP doesn't do it automatically, which would be a far better idea as it seems to be the standard. No idea what other engraving programs do. Best regards, Peter mailto:lilyp...@ptoye.com

Re: Re: what's the error?

2018-02-19 Thread Mats Bengtsson
On 2018-02-19 09:38, David Kastrup wrote: \once \set sets tieWaitForNote once at the current point of time. That means it will be active for the first grace note but not for the others. Consequently it's inactive for d~ which is still followed by another grace note before the ties are

Re: what's the error?

2018-02-19 Thread David Kastrup
Mats Bengtsson writes: > On 2018-02-19 09:38, David Kastrup wrote: >> >> \once \set sets tieWaitForNote once at the current point of time. That >> means it will be active for the first grace note but not for the >> others. Consequently it's inactive for d~ which is

Re: using lilypond in LaTeX (MacTeX)

2018-02-19 Thread Urs Liska
Am 19.02.2018 um 16:15 schrieb Br. Samuel Springuel: My personal choice is #2, but I might be slightly biased as I help out on that project. The main argument that could speak against that is the requirement to use LuaLaTeX (instead of XeLaTeX, pdfLaTeX, or even more low-level variants).

Bad tie position

2018-02-19 Thread Ethan Sue
\clef bass b16 b b8 b b16 b16 ~ b4 a8 b Tie looks like a bump. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Bad tie position

2018-02-19 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 19.02.2018 um 15:42 schrieb Ethan Sue: \clef bass b16 b b8 b b16 b16 ~ b4 a8 b Tie looks like a bump. Cannot reproduce (2.18.2, 2.19.81). That’s why we need *compilable* minimal examples. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Bad tie position

2018-02-19 Thread Ben
On 2/19/2018 9:42 AM, Ethan Sue wrote: \clef bass b16 b b8 b b16 b16 ~ b4 a8 b Tie looks like a bump. Hi, What's wrong with the tie? See photo attached. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Syllable count

2018-02-19 Thread John Schlomann
Dear LilyPond experts, Given a definition of some lyrics, such as lyr = \lyricmode { Here some lyr -- ics } Is there any way to get a count of the syllables, in this case 4? Thank you, John ___ lilypond-user mailing list

partcombine bug when using quoteDuring?

2018-02-19 Thread Nathan Sprangers
When both voices in \partcombine finish a \quoteDuring at the same time, only one voice is rendered for subsequent notes. \version "2.18.2" \addQuote "melody" \relative c'' { a4 a a a d d d d } \addQuote "alto" \relative c'{ f2 f g2 g } \partcombine { \quoteDuring #"melody" s1

Re: Syllable count

2018-02-19 Thread Thomas Morley
2018-02-19 22:38 GMT+01:00 John Schlomann : > Dear LilyPond experts, > > > > Given a definition of some lyrics, such as > > > > lyr = \lyricmode { Here some lyr -- ics } > > > > Is there any way to get a count of the syllables, in this case 4? > > > > Thank you, > >

Re: using lilypond in LaTeX (MacTeX)

2018-02-19 Thread Br. Samuel Springuel
On 2/19/18 10:23 AM, Urs Liska wrote: The main argument that could speak against that is the requirement to use LuaLaTeX (instead of XeLaTeX, pdfLaTeX, or even more low-level variants). True. I use LuaLaTeX as my default engine, so that's not a consideration I generally think about. Thanks

Re: Fermatas with tremolos

2018-02-19 Thread Simon Albrecht
I think the best way to do it would be essentially an override to the beam, adding the fermata to its stencils. However I have to call on the expect Schemers around here (Harm, David N.?) for finishing it, since I haven’t been able to align the fermata to the horizontal center of the beam.

Re: Fermatas with tremolos

2018-02-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Simon, > I think the best way to do it would be essentially an override to the beam, > adding the fermata to its stencils. However I have to call on the expect > Schemers around here (Harm, David N.?) for finishing it, since I haven’t been > able to align the fermata to the horizontal

Re: Fermatas with tremolos

2018-02-19 Thread Noeck
Dear Peter, how about this: { \once\override TupletNumber.text = \markup \fermata \tuplet 1/1 \repeat tremolo 16 { c'32 c''} } It is misusing a tuplet for the fermata and just overrides the text (which would print "1" otherwise). If one does not like the idea of such a fake tuplet in this

RE: Syllable count

2018-02-19 Thread John Schlomann
I had been looking for something specific to lyrics, which is maybe why I didn't find it. This is exactly what I need. Thank you, Harm. John -Original Message- From: Thomas Morley [mailto:thomasmorle...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 4:05 PM To: John Schlomann Cc:

Re: Fermatas with tremolos

2018-02-19 Thread Thomas Morley
2018-02-19 21:08 GMT+01:00 Simon Albrecht : > I think the best way to do it would be essentially an override to the beam, > adding the fermata to its stencils. However I have to call on the expect > Schemers around here (Harm, David N.?) for finishing it, since I haven’t >

Re: Fermatas with tremolos

2018-02-19 Thread Simon Albrecht
Hi Harm, thanks for the help. On 19.02.2018 23:47, Thomas Morley wrote: Also, following links may be of interest. They provide excerpts of an old and new edition of Janacek, Glagolitic Mass. http://notovodstvo.ru/forum/fermata/tremolo_fermata_old.gif