Newbie question about variable durations

I thought I had this figured out, but now I'm stuck. My program generates midi notes and converts them to lily variables (ie noteone = {ees'} ). What I need to do next is add my durations onto them. It seems so simple but I get error after error. What do I need to do to combine the strings togethe

Problem with init.ly file

CH or NOTENAME_PITCH or '>' R2.*4 ^\accent r8 ^( ^\accent) r Please help me! ~Ben ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Other Music Fonts

Is it possible to use other types of music fonts in Lilypond? I ask this because I like some of the fonts packaged with Finale NotePad 2005a, but I'm not sure how I could use it. Please Help, Ben ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gn

v2.8 Upgrade?

Is there going to be a v2.8 "Upgrade" function, since I'm using 2.6.5 now. Ben ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

MIDI2ly

how can I use MIDI2ly? I'm unsure, since I'm using Windows. Can someone help me? Ben ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re:time signature with note in denominator

l/ Y'know, the fonts included with Finale Notepad would probably work for just this instance, since the Maestro font handles this... and the half-note symbol is actually okay. By the way... I used Finale notepad for a few years before switching to Lilypond... this is so much better! Ben ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

PostScript Error

und, or is it something up with my computer? Ben ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: kill off acrobat reader before generating .pdf?

Actually, I've found that if you just close the document inside Acrobat Reader, the program runs fine. The data simply isn't changed if you leave it open. So, just close the document, and leave Reader running. I have had no problems doing t

Re: kill off acrobat reader before generating .pdf?

Closing the document inside acrobat, and leaving Acrobat running? It's not that hard, on a windows box. Just click the small close icon. Nothing to it. ~Ben On 4/17/06, David Feuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/17/06, Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> Actually, I've

MIDI2ly problem

fred/cvs/savannah/lilypond/installer/windows/mingw/src/python-2.4.2-1/Objects/listobject.c:243: bad argument to internal function   Ben ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: MIDI2ly problem

Mats- I realize that only notes are listed in the midi file, but since the midi was produced by Finale Print Music, I think the durations will be fine. Also, how would I upgrade easily from 2.6.5 to 2.8.3?Ben   On 5/20/06, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I recommend to upgrade

Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 42, Issue 54

I simply haven't gotten around to upgrading since I downloaded Lilypond, as I'm not quite sure how to upgrade. I'm just working on some small stuff right now, and nothing with very obscure notation. Ben Han-Wen wrote:  yes, but why on earth are people still using lilypond 2

Upgrading

Hi, I run Windows XP, and I haven't upgraded since v.2.6.5. Is there n easy way to upgrade, or should I wait for 2.10 to come out? I don't really stretch LP's capabilities, but I've been unable to use most utilities because of a problem in the Python distribution included. Ju

midi2ly problems

ble program or batch file. Please help me sort out this puzzle. -- ~Ben ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Linux on my Mac

as to be a way to access the BIOS, so you can run a multi-boot system. However, if you really feel it's impossible to change, it is true that Mac OS X is a lot like linux. ~Ben On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 15:04 +0100, Manuel wrote: > Am 28/12/2006 um 10:02 schrieb Anthony W. Youngman: > > &

Harp Notation Markup

Good morning! I am composing a piece that features the harp as a soloist and I had a question about some notation. Please see attached. How would you go about creating this markup so it could easily be used throughout a piece? Because the note range of the mute symbol will likely change wit

Re: convert-ly problem

On 12/19/2019 6:55 AM, Peter Gentry wrote: Having rediscovered the fact that Frescobaldi does not call convert-ly anymore. I went to the section 2.2 of the usage manual and popped the following into a windows 10 command prompt (with administrator privs) C:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bi

Re: ANN: Frescobaldi 3.1 has been released!

On 1/1/2020 7:31 PM, Michael Rivers wrote: The score wizard does nothing for me in Frescobaldi 3.1 (Windows version). I uninstalled it and reinstalled the old version, whose score wizard works fine. -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html Correct. Same here. Score Wi

Re: Alignment issues of Time signature above the staff

On 3/29/2020 2:10 AM, Chen Leo wrote: Hi Kevin, Thank you for your reply. For the first problem, you will have to set break-align-symbol to ##f to reproduce the problem. That is because by default break-align-symbol is set to #'time-signature. so commenting out the override shouldn't help

Re: ANN: OOoLilyPond 1.0.0

On 4/9/2020 6:37 AM, Klaus Blum wrote: Hi all, I'm happy to announce a new version of OOoLilyPond (OLy), an extension to include LilyPond snippets into LibreOffice/OpenOffice documents. There are several bugfixes and some new and hopefully cool and useful features: https://github.com/openlilyli

Re: Fonts for text

On 4/25/2020 2:47 PM, Ignacio Lois wrote: Hello list, I'm trying to use any font like these for my titles. I tried ITC Souvenir , which would look like this: image.png And Sunset-Serial , wh

Re: Orchestral strings, how to organise score and parts for divisi, solos, desks etc.

On 6/7/2020 3:26 AM, Rutger Hofman wrote: Well, it turned out to keep that tutorial short. Still, I think it will have its use, since questions about temp staves/divisi turn up at regular intervals. My first attempt is here: https://www.rutgerhofman.nl/lilypond/divisi-doc/divisi-doc.html Ple

Re: Difference Between This and That in English Grammar

On 9/3/2020 4:12 PM, bb wrote: https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-this-and-that-in-english-grammar/ LGBB I don't follow...why did you send this?

Re: Dynamics context

On 9/8/2020 2:05 PM, Martín Rincón Botero wrote: Hi Wol, yes, what you mention is indeed a good case for using dynamics in their own variable. The problem comes when using a Dynamics context from an independent dynamics variable for music that by its own nature is not really compatible with t

Re: Film style large time signatures

On 6/8/2021 2:59 PM, Ignacio Lois wrote: Yes, I've seen that and it's certainly a possibility, but I'm hoping to achieve something like this . On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 3:35 AM Xavier Scheuer > wro

Re: GrandStaff vertical distance

On 10/9/2018 5:01 PM, foxfanfare wrote: Aaron Hill wrote On 2018-10-09 7:15 am, foxfanfare wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to configure a template for my orchestral works but I have a problem with the GrandStaff vertical distance. You can take the template proposed in the manual to see the problem:

Re: problems in spacing

On 10/23/2018 12:06 PM, Massimiliano Viel wrote: Hello everyone! I’m a composer that after having spent a lot of years with Finale decided to move to a better sw for music writing and wanted to embrace Lilypond. Which is beautiful… but! I’m really spending more time banging my head on the wall

Re: problems in spacing

On 10/23/2018 12:06 PM, Massimiliano Viel wrote: Hello everyone! I’m a composer that after having spent a lot of years with Finale decided to move to a better sw for music writing and wanted to embrace Lilypond. Which is beautiful… but! I’m really spending more time banging my head on the wall

Re: Roman Numeral rehearsal marks?

On 10/24/2018 9:40 AM, N. Andrew Walsh wrote: Hi List, is there any other available format for rehearsal marks? My client wants Roman numerals, and the workaround I've been using: <>^\markup { \raise #4 \right-align \abs-fontsize #16 \bold { "IV" } } doesn't work if the voice containing it i

Re: Roman Numeral rehearsal marks?

On 10/24/2018 9:40 AM, N. Andrew Walsh wrote: Hi List, is there any other available format for rehearsal marks? My client wants Roman numerals, and the workaround I've been using: <>^\markup { \raise #4 \right-align \abs-fontsize #16 \bold { "IV" } } doesn't work if the voice containing it i

Re: Roman Numeral rehearsal marks?

On 10/24/2018 10:39 AM, David Nalesnik wrote: On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 8:41 AM N. Andrew Walsh wrote: Hi List, is there any other available format for rehearsal marks? My client wants Roman numerals, and the workaround I've been using: <>^\markup { \raise #4 \right-align \abs-fontsize #16 \bo

Re: Roman Numeral rehearsal marks?

On 10/24/2018 9:40 AM, N. Andrew Walsh wrote: Hi List, is there any other available format for rehearsal marks? My client wants Roman numerals, and the workaround I've been using: <>^\markup { \raise #4 \right-align \abs-fontsize #16 \bold { "IV" } } doesn't work if the voice containing it i

Re: Fwd: purple highlight in Frescobaldi

On 10/26/2018 7:10 PM, Joseph Austin wrote: Begin forwarded message: *From: *Joseph Austin > *Subject: **purple highlight in Frescobaldi* *Date: *October 26, 2018 at 5:56:16 PM EDT *To: *ilypond-u...@gnu.org A line of music entered

Re: automatic metronome mark parentheses

On 10/30/2018 8:21 AM, Jacques Menu wrote: Hello folks, The LPNR states that: Combining a metronome mark and text will automatically place the metronome mark within parentheses Is there a way to remove those parentheses explicitly? Thanks for your help! JM Hello, You can approac

Re: Using various weights and widths of fonts

On 11/2/2018 9:50 PM, Joshua Nichols wrote: I guess it would be helpful that when I try to call: \override #'(font-name . "Garamond Premier Pro Display") I cannot get the override, and thus the font reverts to sans. I have the font installed on my system, so I know it's not an issue of th

Re: Using various weights and widths of fonts

On 11/2/2018 9:50 PM, Joshua Nichols wrote: I guess it would be helpful that when I try to call: \override #'(font-name . "Garamond Premier Pro Display") I cannot get the override, and thus the font reverts to sans. I have the font installed on my system, so I know it's not an issue of th

Re: Using various weights and widths of fonts

On 11/2/2018 9:40 PM, Joshua Nichols wrote: But, when I want to change just a single instance of the font in, let's say, a \markup{}, I can't find a way to do it. I'm sure I'll eat my shoe, but I'd appreciate the help here. Thank you in advance. No need to eat your shoe ;) {  c1^\mark

Re: Using various weights and widths of fonts

On 11/3/2018 12:31 PM, Joshua Nichols wrote: Message: 1 Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 22:12:52 -0400 From: Ben mailto:soundsfromso...@gmail.com>> To: lilypond-user@gnu.org <mailto:lilypond-user@gnu.org> Subject: Re: Using various weights and widths of fonts

Re: Lutoslawski-style box notation

On 11/3/2018 2:54 PM, m...@opus11.net wrote: Just wondered if anyone has a working solution to creating Lutoslawski-style box repeats such as this one: https://goo.gl/images/TYKdWt I couldn't find a complete solution in either the LSR or mailing list archives. If not, I'll start putting toget

Re: Lutoslawski-style box notation

On 11/3/2018 4:16 PM, David Nalesnik wrote: On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 2:57 PM Ben wrote: On 11/3/2018 2:54 PM, m...@opus11.net wrote: Just wondered if anyone has a working solution to creating Lutoslawski-style box repeats such as this one: https://goo.gl/images/TYKdWt I couldn't f

Re: Lutoslawski-style box notation

On 11/3/2018 4:25 PM, David Nalesnik wrote: On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 3:21 PM Ben wrote: On 11/3/2018 4:16 PM, David Nalesnik wrote: On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 2:57 PM Ben wrote: On 11/3/2018 2:54 PM, m...@opus11.net wrote: Just wondered if anyone has a working solution to creating Lutoslawski

Re: Lutoslawski-style box notation

On 11/3/2018 4:25 PM, David Nalesnik wrote: On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 3:21 PM Ben wrote: On 11/3/2018 4:16 PM, David Nalesnik wrote: On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 2:57 PM Ben wrote: On 11/3/2018 2:54 PM, m...@opus11.net wrote: Just wondered if anyone has a working solution to creating Lutoslawski

Re: Lutoslawski-style box notation

On 11/3/2018 5:11 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: Am Sa., 3. Nov. 2018 um 21:36 Uhr schrieb Ben : On 11/3/2018 4:25 PM, David Nalesnik wrote: On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 3:21 PM Ben wrote: On 11/3/2018 4:16 PM, David Nalesnik wrote: On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 2:57 PM Ben wrote: On 11/3/2018 2:54 PM, m

Re: midi rhythm

On 11/6/2018 5:28 PM, Gianmaria Lari wrote: I have a simple rhythm score like this: \version "2.19.82" myr = { 4 8 16 16 4 4 } \score {\new RhythmicStaff \myr } How could I generate some form of midi file from it? It's for didactical use. Thank you, g. _

Re: SystemStartBracket and BarNumber collision

On 11/7/2018 12:44 PM, Pierre-Luc Gauthier wrote: Hi Federico, Indeed, I should have seen this bug before posting. Yes, an \override of BarNumber.Y-offset of e.g. 4 is an acceptable solution but what about BarNumbers not located at the beginning of a system? Is there a way to workaround only th

Re: SystemStartBracket and BarNumber collision

On 11/7/2018 12:44 PM, Pierre-Luc Gauthier wrote: Hi Federico, Indeed, I should have seen this bug before posting. Yes, an \override of BarNumber.Y-offset of e.g. 4 is an acceptable solution but what about BarNumbers not located at the beginning of a system? Is there a way to workaround only th

Re: My finances.

simply send our contributions directly to David's GNU email address and he will receive the money on his end, is this correct? I'd like to setup a system where I can easily give more frequently and regularly to show support, now that my situation has changed as well. Thanks. Ben __

Re: My finances.

On 11/9/2018 9:19 AM, Guy Stalnaker wrote: Yes, using d...@gnu.org <mailto:d...@gnu.org> from within PayPay (web or mobile app) will get to him. PayPal will let you specify local currency or Euros. Regards. On Fri, Nov 9, 2018, 8:01 AM Ben <mailto:soundsfromso...@gmail.com> wro

Re: Polymeter Question

On 11/19/2018 5:54 PM, nagymusic wrote: I'm working on a flute and marimba duet that features a polymetric passage. Would someone be able to suggest how to fix the typeset music to respect automatic line breaks? Currently, it just runs off the page... (see attached .ly file)? I browsed the foru

Re: Glissando tweaks in chords

On 12/6/2018 7:49 PM, Peter Crighton wrote: Hello all, I have the following (reduced) scenario where one voice has a chord with a glissando in it and I want to tweak both glissandos differently. Is it possible? The second (currently commented out) tweak is never applied even if I comment out

Re: Glissando tweaks in chords

On 12/6/2018 7:49 PM, Peter Crighton wrote: Hello all, I have the following (reduced) scenario where one voice has a chord with a glissando in it and I want to tweak both glissandos differently. Is it possible? The second (currently commented out) tweak is never applied even if I comment out

Re: Glissando tweaks in chords

On 12/6/2018 7:49 PM, Peter Crighton wrote: Hello all, I have the following (reduced) scenario where one voice has a chord with a glissando in it and I want to tweak both glissandos differently. Is it possible? The second (currently commented out) tweak is never applied even if I comment out

Re: Fatal error compiling large project (Win10/2.19.82)

On 12/16/2018 5:32 PM, Saul Tobin wrote: Hi all, I'm getting a fatal error when I compile all of the movements of a large project on 2.19.82 on Windows 10. I can compile the movements individually and in smaller combinations with no problems. There is no Lilypond error in the debug output, ju

Re: Tuplets in Metric Modulations

On 12/20/2018 2:27 PM, Ld2020 wrote: I am notating some rhythms that use metric modulations (a.k.a. tempo modulations). I am indicating that a triplet quarter becomes the new quarter note. What I want is a single quarter note with a triplet mark over it (3 and a bracket, spaced in such a way as

Re: feathered beam calculations

On 12/21/2018 11:54 AM, Aaron Hill wrote: On 2018-12-21 5:14 am, Reggie wrote: Hello. I see what you are saying thank you. I just feel that feather beaming is so confusing it all depends on so much, it's not simple like "select these notes and change beam style to feather left or right". It's f

Re: LilyPond can't engrave 16 pages of music

On 12/21/2018 7:46 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: Am Sa., 22. Dez. 2018 um 00:48 Uhr schrieb Reggie : I am trying to understand theoretically why this is failing. It's only 16 pages. I am a minimalist composer so as a test I tried this extreme situation. But yet I don't quite agree rather that it's t

Re: Aleatoric Elements with barlines

On 1/8/2019 10:43 PM, Martin Neubauer wrote: On 07/01/2019 17:29, Reggie wrote: Aaron you are a great teacher thank you. Just a couple few more questions please. First how did you know that it had to equal 2 full measures? I did not see how you arrived. Second please tell me is there any negativ

Re: Aleatoric Elements with barlines

On 1/9/2019 10:11 AM, Martin Neubauer wrote: On 09/01/2019 14:06, Ben wrote: On 1/8/2019 10:43 PM, Martin Neubauer wrote: On 07/01/2019 17:29, Reggie wrote: Aaron you are a great teacher thank you. Just a couple few more questions please. First how did you know that it had to equal 2 full

Re: Aleatoric Elements with barlines

On 1/9/2019 5:39 PM, Aaron Hill wrote: On 2019-01-09 2:19 pm, Ben wrote: Thanks for the function! I'm still a little confused about the value(s) that you use with the function. I see it looks like it takes a duration value, right? Like 1, 4, 16? But I can't see how it would work on

Re: space between text and the next system

On 1/11/2019 11:32 AM, Rachel Knight wrote: How do I add space between markups that I place under a system and the following system? I am adding harp pedal notation underneath a grand staff and would like the same amount of space 1. between the bottom of the text and the following system 2. bet

Re: vars and multiple scores

On 1/14/2019 1:34 PM, Klaus Ethgen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi Folks, I read the documentation of lilypond and it recommend to define the notes in variables and use them afterwards. But how is that with multiple scores for setting multiple songs in one file/book?

Re: Lilybin troubles

On 1/19/2019 9:25 AM, Ethan Sue wrote: The score is all bunching up and the left hand time values are wrong. If you delete the "aes8" on line 40 it works. How do I fix this? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/ma

Re: Lilybin troubles

On 1/19/2019 9:25 AM, Ethan Sue wrote: The score is all bunching up and the left hand time values are wrong. If you delete the "aes8" on line 40 it works. How do I fix this? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/ma

Re: Lilybin troubles

On 1/19/2019 4:59 PM, Ethan Sue wrote: I hope this email works. What I meant was where is the extra beat in the text window? Hi Ethan, Sorry but your threads are a bit scattered now. I've attached an image showing you what I removed in order to fix your beats issue. It's up to you how you wa

Re: Making espressivo longer

On 1/22/2019 7:45 AM, Andrew Bernard wrote: What is the current best practice for scaling espressivo indicators, making them longer? There's a scale function in the archives from Harm, but I wonder if there is a mechanism built in to 2.19.82 and so on? Andrew Hi Andrew, I had asked that q

Re: Frescobali page backgound colour

On 1/30/2019 5:58 PM, Andrew Bernard wrote: Can it be changed (the Music View, not the editor window)? I prefer white, not the paper yellow. I have never found an option for this in F. Andrew Yes, you can change the music view paper yellow color here: preview (see attached)

Re: Title/Subtitle Left-Align

On 1/31/2019 5:49 PM, nagymusic wrote: Would anyone be willing to advise on how to left-align the title (also a subtitle, dedication but not the composer)? I attached a screenshot from one of the scores. Thank you! ued3672310Le8NuL1rjEiba_1280x1280.jpg

Re: change user email address

On 2/5/2019 6:47 PM, Michael Abrams wrote: I would like to change the email address I registered with. How can I accomplish this? Should unsubscribe and reregister uding a different email address? Michael string...@rogers.com Hi Michael, I believe you can change your subscription settings

Modify sustain pedal marks

Is it possible to modify the sustain pedal marking by only using the stylized "P" instead of "Ped"? I noticed this in the Bartok Piano Concerto #3 (condensed score) and was curious if this is something LilyPond can do. Thanks for any feedback! (see attached) \version "2.19.82" {   c''4\sustain

Re: Modify sustain pedal marks

On 2/7/2019 4:01 PM, Aaron Hill wrote: On 2019-02-07 12:50 pm, Ben wrote: Is it possible to modify the sustain pedal marking by only using the stylized "P" instead of "Ped"? I noticed this in the Bartok Piano Concerto #3 (condensed score) and was curious if this is somet

Re: Archive search down

On 2/10/2019 7:43 PM, Andrew Bernard wrote: Anything I search for here at the archives produces n9o results: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/ Is the archive system down? I tried three different browsers on two different computers. Andrew Hi Andrew, It works here for me, us

Re: Markup on clef possible

On 2/10/2019 8:19 PM, Andrew Bernard wrote: I want to have markup such as ST over the clefs at the start of each page in a section of the string quartet I am doing. This is to indicate ongoing ST technique over extended sections, as a reminder to the player. Clefs don't appear to support markup

Re: Markup on clef possible

On 2/10/2019 8:19 PM, Andrew Bernard wrote: I want to have markup such as ST over the clefs at the start of each page in a section of the string quartet I am doing. This is to indicate ongoing ST technique over extended sections, as a reminder to the player. Clefs don't appear to support markup

OOoLilyPond-0.5.8 : SVG Issue

Good morning! For those of you who use OOoLilyPond: I am having some problems using the OOoLilyPond extension in LibreOffice and I was just wondering if someone knew how to get this fixed. SVG output into my documents won't work, no matter what changes I make to the template, config, or the

Re: OOoLilyPond-0.5.8 : SVG Issue

On 2/13/2019 11:24 AM, Klaus Blum wrote: Hi Ben, to be a little more precise: The lilypond-book-preamble should never be used with svg format. It only works with the png (or eps) format. OLy needs one file named OOoLilyPond.svg. The first point of the error window gives some hints. Your

hbracket question

Hi all, Is it possible to adjust the length of the shorter vertical line of \hbracket when you use it as markup? I've attached a screenshot to show the point of the bracket I'm asking about. Thanks! \version "2.19.82" \relative c' {   R1*3   c1^\markup {     \hbracket {   \line \pad-aro

Re: OOoLilyPond-0.5.8 : SVG Issue

On 2/14/2019 8:02 AM, Klaus Blum wrote: Hi Ben, SoundsFromSound wrote Layout output to `OOoLilyPond.svg'... indeed, that looks quite reasonable. It seems that a file named "OOoLilyPond.svg" is created. Can you check inside your temp folder if that graphic file looks like in

Re: hbracket question

On 2/14/2019 6:35 PM, Aaron Hill wrote: On 2019-02-14 3:07 pm, Ben wrote: Hi all, Is it possible to adjust the length of the shorter vertical line of \hbracket when you use it as markup? I've attached a screenshot to show the point of the bracket I'm asking about. Thanks! \versio

CueVoice Font

Hi all, Is there a "better" way to change the CueVoice font family / kerning other than manually via markup? I thought it would be a sort of: \context {     \CueVoice \override ...   } ...but I haven't found a way to adjust the kerning and/or font family. Have I missed something?

Re: CueVoice Font

On 2/20/2019 7:18 PM, Aaron Hill wrote: On 2019-02-20 3:32 pm, Ben wrote: I've attached an image showing the "fl" looking a bit squished to my eyes. :) "fl" (fl) is a ligature in many fonts.  Therefore, what you are seeing as tighter kerning is most likely a singl

Re: Frescobaldi broken on Win 10?

On 2/21/2019 9:18 AM, William Zeitler wrote: This is arguably off topic (from LP) but I'm stuck and don't know where else to turn. I was a happy LP/Frescobaldi user on Win7. Finally had to upgrade to Win10 (ugh!) When I launch Frescobaldi it silently fails to launch. I've launched it from t

Re: release of 2.20?

On 3/3/2019 8:19 AM, Dirk Cresswell wrote: hi everybody, when will lilypond 2.20 be released? iiuc the last prerelease was 8 months ago and i'm wondering whether development has stopped... i would like to use all the new features but my university won't let me install unstable software. thanks

Re: Simple example with vertical spacing and dynamic contexts

On 3/11/2019 3:33 PM, Павел Буданов wrote: I found a temporary way to control the vertical spacing in the middle of the piece. It looks awful, but it works. I still hope that someone will suggest a more correct way. \new StaffGroup <<    \new Staff    {      c' c' c' c' \break      % Add an in

Re: \markup on "topmost" voice in a Frenched score?

On 3/14/2019 10:12 AM, N. Andrew Walsh wrote: Hi List, I have a small chamber setting that includes section titles that the client wants at the top of systems (stuff like "Interlude," "Finale," etc.). The problem I'm having is, as this is a "Frenched" score the topmost voice isn't always the

Re: \markup on "topmost" voice in a Frenched score?

On 3/14/2019 11:32 AM, Aaron Hill wrote: On 2019-03-14 7:12 am, N. Andrew Walsh wrote: Hi List, I have a small chamber setting that includes section titles that the client wants at the top of systems (stuff like "Interlude," "Finale," etc.). The problem I'm having is, as this is a "Frenched"

Re: \acciaccatura collision

On 3/18/2019 4:38 AM, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: On Mon, 18 Mar 2019, foxfanfare wrote: I personally don't see that as a bug, since avoiding the collision would make the slur too tiny... I am copying a score from different sources. Neither of them have colliding slurs. The following variant

Re: moving tuplet number nearer to beam

On 4/1/2019 4:16 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: Folks, if I use `\magnifyStaff', the tuplet number is too far away from the beam. How can I move it nearer to the beam? Looking into `tuplet-number.cc' I see a `padding' property with a default value of 0.5 (and which is apparently completely undocum

Re: warning message - missing slur

On 4/14/2019 4:33 AM, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote: I've done two things. First, I've rewritten your code in a way that's easier for me to read. Second, and more to the point, I've changed the "outside" set of slurs to phrasing slurs. AFAIK, you can't nest regular slurs. Please take a look at

Frescobaldi: Snippet Question

Hello all, I was wondering something this morning as I was working in Frescobaldi. My snippets menu has gotten quite long over the years and I use it all the time for large projects, but is there a way to create sub-folders or sub-menus in the snippet menu? For example, if you hover the mouse

Re: Frescobaldi question

On 5/8/2019 2:42 PM, Guy Stalnaker wrote: AH! I have never, in 10 years, clicked on that control and saw it was a dropdown menu! Much thanks! Guy Stalnaker jimmyg...@gmail.com On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 1:38 PM Urs Liska > wrote:

Re: The "let vibrate" tie

On 5/14/2019 6:22 AM, Andrew Bernard wrote: Hello Vincente, You can use LSR 715 by Robin Bannister to extend LV's. Thomas Morley wrote the following to help me do more extensive things with LV ties. If you need help in this or to see some examples, just ask. This may be more powerful than you

Re: programming error: mis-predicted force, 108.120472 ~= 108.191480 continuing, cross fingers

On 5/19/2019 1:51 PM, MING TSANG wrote: Hi Simon, Thank you for the info.  I finally find the first time the programming error appears. I now have a minimal lily code demonstrate the error. Ming %%% \version "2.19.83" \language "english" global = {   \key a \major   \numericTimeSignature   \t

Re: all my lilypond fonts are huge!

On 5/30/2019 2:09 PM, Peter Jaques wrote: hello all, i'm running lilypond 2.19.83 (and also 2.18.2) on ubuntu 19.04. all the text fonts are coming out giant, while the notation is fine. this is happening even with old files (which used to print fine). old pdfs of those same old files are fine

Re: ERROR: In procedure ly:trampoline: ERROR: Wrong type argument in position 3 (expecting Translator): #

On 6/3/2019 8:02 PM, Joseph Srednicki wrote: Hello: I read some messages about this issue in the mail archive, but I have not been able to get Lilypond to compile the attached file. I know that the attached example is not tiny, but I could not reproduce this issue in a tiny example. The fi

Re: Multiple issues

On 6/29/2019 7:42 PM, Craig Dabelstein wrote: Hi everyone, In the attached screenshot of the last bars of my score you can see a couple of problems: [1] The tempi are not horizontally aligned [2] The last two bars aren't wide enough to accommodate the tempi I'm using markLengthOn What's the

Re: A spacing problem

On 7/4/2019 7:45 AM, Robert Blackstone wrote: Dear all, Presently I’m vainly struggling with a nasty spacing problem: an empty fragment of a new bar sticking out of the last bar of a system. Dear all, Presently I’m vainly struggling with a nasty spacing problem: an empty fragment of a new ba

Are these brackets alongside a staff group possible?

Hi all, How would you suggest I go about creating the bracket markings that separate big sections, like in a piece with two orchestras or similar? Please see attached. One problem I see maybe is that the number of staves /visible/ for each orchestra group may change from page to page...so id

Re: Are these brackets alongside a staff group possible?

On 7/4/2019 10:30 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Ben, How would you suggest I go about creating the bracket markings that separate big sections, like in a piece with two orchestras or similar? Create a custom StaffGroup context. ideally I'd prefer the circle symbol in the bracket to a

Re: Are these brackets alongside a staff group possible?

On 7/4/2019 10:30 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Ben, How would you suggest I go about creating the bracket markings that separate big sections, like in a piece with two orchestras or similar? Create a custom StaffGroup context. ideally I'd prefer the circle symbol in the bracket to a

Re: Are these brackets alongside a staff group possible?

On 7/4/2019 1:01 PM, Pierre Perol-Schneider wrote: Hi Ben, How about: \version "2.19.83" half-brace = \markup\concat {   \hspace #.5   \path #0.2 #'((moveto .5 0) (lineto 0 0)                  (lineto 0 -15)) % <= to be set } % Example: someMusic = {   \tempo "Andan

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