Sidekick error

2012-03-07 Thread Brent Annable
Hello people, I'm getting an error message when using Sidekick with LilyPondTool and jEdit. When I try to set Sidekick to Parse on Keystroke, I get the following error message: Error in method invocation: Method putBooleanProperty( java.lang.String, boolean ) not found in

Spacing between continuo figures and staff/notes

2011-03-21 Thread Brent Annable
Hi everyone, I have a question about figured bass/continuo that's been bugging me for a while now. Lilypond always puts the continuo figures too far from the staff for my taste. When I use an \override BassFigure #'extra-offset command, the figures get closer but of course they start bumping

Can't get after-title-spacing to work (version 2.13.55)

2011-03-28 Thread Brent Annable
Hello everyone, I'm trying to get some extra space between my header block and the first system of my score, but I can't seem to get after-title-spacing to work. I see that previous users have had this problem, and the problem usually seemed to be the installed version. I am using the most recent

Whole bar rest disappears

2011-04-29 Thread Brent Annable
Hi everyone, I'm sorry for spamming the list with my little problem, but it's driving me bananas and I'm at the end of my rope. I produced a score from which I am now removing various sections by commenting them out. When I do this, the whole-bar rest in the final system of the piece disappears,

Re: Complicated duration

2011-06-06 Thread Brent Annable
Do you need to specify the duration? If the notes are all tied together, won't the lyrics engraver align the syllable automatically? Brent. On 6 June 2011 17:14, Christopher Culver crcul...@christopherculver.comwrote: I am typesetting a peace of music and trying to align the lyrics to the

Old version 2.6.0?

2011-06-11 Thread Brent Annable
Hi y'all, I'm arranging some Haydn string quartets and found some Lilypond files of them on Mutopia, but when I go to generate them I get an error saying that the version is too old (2.6.0) and that only versions 2.7.38 and up are supported. I'd hate to have to create the whole thing again, so

Re: Old version 2.6.0?

2011-06-11 Thread Brent Annable
:58, Colin Campbell c...@shaw.ca wrote: On 11-06-11 08:38 AM, Brent Annable wrote: Hi y'all, I'm arranging some Haydn string quartets and found some Lilypond files of them on Mutopia, but when I go to generate them I get an error saying that the version is too old (2.6.0) and that only

Re: Old version 2.6.0?

2011-06-12 Thread Brent Annable
manual]. Everything will be OK - trust me. Don't know if this helps, but I don't think there's a bug. It's probably just me being either inattentive or scared of technology. Brent. 2011/6/12 Janek Warchoł lemniskata.bernoull...@gmail.com Hi Brent, 2011/6/11 Brent Annable brentanna...@gmail.com

Re: font survey: which clef do you prefer?

2011-07-06 Thread Brent Annable
I prefer the second one. In the first, the space outlined by the top loop of the clef and the top line of the staff is too large, and the third just appears too 'grainy' to me for some reason (although I find it hard to spot any differences between it and the second). Brent. On 6 July 2011

Lowering AccidentalSuggestion objects

2011-09-09 Thread Brent Annable
Hi everyone, Does anyone know how I can tell the AccidentalSuggestion engraver to push the accidentals closer to the noteheads (i.e. downwards)? I don't mind if they're in the middle of the staff. The purpose of this is to avoid the combination of a suggested accidental above the staff and a

Re: Lowering AccidentalSuggestion objects

2011-09-10 Thread Brent Annable
value of 1, the accidental is in the same place as it would be if the \override command weren't there. Only when the number is above 5 does the accidental start to move upwards. Brent. On 10 September 2011 03:28, Brent Annable brentanna...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, Does anyone know how I

Re: Lowering AccidentalSuggestion objects

2011-09-10 Thread Brent Annable
: On 10 September 2011 10:18, Brent Annable brentanna...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, Here's a little example of the situation I'm talking about: \score { \new Staff = Discantus \new Voice = Discantus \relative c'' { \set suggestAccidentals = ##t \override AccidentalSuggestion #'Y

Re: High-level users?

2011-09-23 Thread Brent Annable
I'd like to add that I think that Lilypond's main strength is as a typesetting/publishing programme. For composing and arranging, I find it's better to have a page of blank manuscript in front of you that you can 'fill in', something that Lilypond's text-input paradigm doesn't really allow for.

Re: [ANN] LilyPondTool 2.14 prerelease available

2011-11-17 Thread Brent Annable
Hello, I have never been able to get LilyPondTool to work. I only just now reinstalled the latest versions of Java, jEdit and now this version of Lilypondtool, and again it will not work. I unzipped the file to .jEdit as instructed, but when I go to the Plugin Manager to install it, the Lilypond

Re: [ANN] LilyPondTool 2.14 prerelease available

2011-11-18 Thread Brent Annable
manager. Meanwhile install Console, Errorlist, ProjectViewer, SideKick and Jakarta Commons. I think that's it. Though jEdit should display the missing stuff on startup. 2011/11/18, Brent Annable brentanna...@gmail.com: Hello, I have never been able to get LilyPondTool to work. I only just

LilyPondTool: Bugs bugs bugs

2011-11-27 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, So I've just started using LilyPondTool and jEdit and I really love the environment and layout, but in some ways it's driving me absolutely bananas. After consulting with Bertalan (also on this list) and receiving various explanations/tips, this describes my current situation: To avoid

Including notes in rhythm indications

2012-01-28 Thread Brent Annable
Hi y'all, I'm trying to include a direction in the 'meter' section of the header block that says this: Heavy four-beat swing (quaver[ quaver] = quaver[ quaver]) I tried following the instructions given at http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1id=204, but nothing would appear in the 'meter'

Re: Including notes in rhythm indications

2012-01-29 Thread Brent Annable
is for the indication to appear once at the start of the score and once at the start of each part. What would be the easiest way to do that? Brent. On 29 January 2012 16:01, Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@googlemail.comwrote: Hi Brent, 2012/1/29 Brent Annable brentanna...@gmail.com: Thomas

Tie at end of first repeat

2012-02-01 Thread Brent Annable
Hello all, I'm typesetting a piece with repeats, for which I'm using the volta 2 construction with a first-time and second-time ending. My problem is that I have a note that is tied from the *end* of the *first* ending back to the start of the volta section. This doesn't seem to work with a

Fwd: Tie at end of first repeat

2012-02-01 Thread Brent Annable
the problem quickly and easily without any excessive tweaking. Brent. On 2 February 2012 00:04, Xavier Scheuer x.sche...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 February 2012 22:54, Brent Annable brentanna...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I'm typesetting a piece with repeats, for which I'm using the volta 2

Re: Tie at end of first repeat

2012-02-02 Thread Brent Annable
Perhaps this is impertinent of me, but I would suggest the following phrasing: A LaissezVibrer tie can be used to tie a note from the end of the first repeat back to the start of the repeated section. The length of the tie can be tweaked using LSR-snippet 715 as shown. Brent. On 2 February 2012

Tremolos between two whole notes

2012-02-03 Thread Brent Annable
Hello everyone, I have a question, and perhaps a suggestion. I just typeset the following tremolo between two whole notes: \score { \relative c'' { \repeat tremolo 16 { gis32 b } } } and was quite disappointed by the fact that Lilypond places the tremolo beams horizontally and above the

Re: Tremolos between two whole notes

2012-02-03 Thread Brent Annable
on. I suppose, since the issue is already known and I'm not a programmer, I just need to wait then? Brent. On 4 February 2012 00:44, Xavier Scheuer x.sche...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 February 2012 17:00, Brent Annable brentanna...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, I have a question

Re: Tremolos between two whole notes

2012-02-07 Thread Brent Annable
#'gap, Beam #'positions, Beam #'extra-offset, and NoteHead #'stem-attachment. I've gotten very nice results with those overrides. It's a pain, but it's worth avoiding the horrible default. Hope that helps, Neil On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Brent Annable brentanna...@gmail.com wrote: Hello

Re: Tremolos between two whole notes

2012-02-08 Thread Brent Annable
Thanks guys for this! I'm ultra-busy right now so don't have time to play around with it just yet, but I'm very grateful. Brent. On 8 February 2012 01:03, Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@googlemail.comwrote: I should have written: based on Neil's suggestion I worked out the function _below_ (not

Instrument line in header block - first piece only?

2012-02-09 Thread Brent Annable
Hi everyone, Quick question for the group: I'm producing part books for all the fugues in the well-tempered clavier, and I don't like the fact that the instrument name is printed every time there's a new heading: \book { \header { title = Das Wohltemperierte Clavier composer =

Re: Thinking about putting together a grant to support development on LilyPond

2012-02-09 Thread Brent Annable
Just an idea: how about a Kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/project? Or has this already been considered? Brent. On 9 February 2012 12:08, Han-Wen Nienhuys hanw...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Carl Sorensen c_soren...@byu.edu wrote: I've been thinking about the

Re: Instrument line in header block - first piece only?

2012-02-09 Thread Brent Annable
: Brent Annable wrote: Hi everyone, Quick question for the group: I'm producing part books for all the fugues in the well-tempered clavier, and I don't like the fact that the instrument name is printed every time there's a new heading: \book { \header { title = Das

Re: Instrument line in header block - first piece only?

2012-02-09 Thread Brent Annable
15:07, -Eluze elu...@gmail.com wrote: Brent Annable wrote: Hi everyone, Quick question for the group: I'm producing part books for all the fugues in the well-tempered clavier, and I don't like the fact that the instrument name is printed every time there's a new heading: \book

Re: Music runs off the page (LY version 2.9.9)

2016-09-12 Thread Brent Annable
e beam slope manually > (click on the image to see the coding): > http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=97 > > HTH, > Pierre > > > 2016-09-12 10:24 GMT+02:00 Brent Annable <brentanna...@gmail.com>: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I am not a frequent Lilypond us

Re: Lilypond merging quarter-note head with half-note head

2017-10-09 Thread Brent Annable
Ugh sorry, here's the right PDF. Brent. On 10 October 2017 at 03:04, Brent Annable <brentanna...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm notating some four-part harmony for organ manuals that sometimes has > optional small bass notes for the pedals. In one spot, I'm having

Lilypond merging quarter-note head with half-note head

2017-10-09 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I'm notating some four-part harmony for organ manuals that sometimes has optional small bass notes for the pedals. In one spot, I'm having trouble stopping Lilypond from merging the heads of a half-note G in the upper voice with a quarter-note G in the lower voice when there are small

Incorrectly merged noteheads

2017-10-11 Thread Brent Annable
Hello everybody. My recent message didn't get any replies so I'm posting it again just in case. I'm notating some four-part harmony for organ manuals that sometimes has optional small bass notes for the pedals. In one spot, I'm having trouble stopping Lilypond from merging the heads of a

Re: Fwd: Compile crashing... help!

2018-05-09 Thread Brent Annable
Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > Ben <soundsfromso...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On 5/9/2018 8:35 AM, Brent Annable wrote: > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> I'm trying to compile a very large project, it keeps crashing and > >> I'm at a loss as to

Re: Fwd: Compile crashing... help!

2018-05-09 Thread Brent Annable
Being a layman, most of this is all going over my head. But I gather that compiling this particular project will not be possible for the time being on my current machine, so I’ll either try to get my decrepit laptop up and running, or ask a friend to help out :-) Thanks for the replies, Brent.

Re: Fwd: Compile crashing... help!

2018-05-09 Thread Brent Annable
FWIW, I just tried this out on my decrepit Windows 7 machine (64-bit, 8GB, i7 core). After about 8 minutes of whizzing and whirring at 12% CPU capacity and utilising just under 5 GB of RAM, it returned the same error. Brent. On Thu, 10 May 2018 at 1:14 pm, Brent Annable <brentanna...@gmail.

Trouble with notation fonts when resizing

2018-05-11 Thread Brent Annable
Hello everyone, I've been trying out some new notation fonts (gonville and haydn), but am running into problems when resizing the staves. Basically if I use #(set-global-staff-size), the staff size changes but the grobs don't, and if I use #(layout-set-staff-size), everything resizes

Changing default \partcombine rest behaviour

2018-05-17 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I've just started using \partcombine, and have noticed that, by default, it doesn't print a rest in one part that coincides with a note of the same duration in the other part. I want it to print both the note and the rest. I know that I can use \partcombineApart to get around individual

Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions

2018-05-20 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, So I'm working on a score at the moment and have run into two challenges: 1. Does anybody have an idea how to insert large, cross-staff square braces (effectively parenthesizing the entire staff) as in the link below? I have no idea how to even start. https://imgur.com/a/gTnREC6 2. I

Re: Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions

2018-05-21 Thread Brent Annable
ist (quote lineto) 2.3 (* heitgh -1)) > (list (quote lineto) 1.3 (* heitgh -1 > > > %%% > > upper = { > c''4 4^\markup\openBracket #14 4^\markup\closeBracket #14 4 > } > > lower = { > \clef bass > c4 4 4 4 > } > >

Re: Website down?

2018-05-23 Thread Brent Annable
Ok thanks Aaron :-) Brent. On 24 May 2018 at 15:16, Aaron Hill <lilyp...@hillvisions.com> wrote: > On 2018-05-23 21:40, Brent Annable wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> Is the Lilypond website down right now? I can't access lilypond.org, the >> manual or the inter

Website down?

2018-05-23 Thread Brent Annable
Hey all, Is the Lilypond website down right now? I can't access lilypond.org, the manual or the internals reference from either my laptop or my phone, I get the following message: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your

Re: Changing default \partcombine rest behaviour

2018-05-18 Thread Brent Annable
Just bumping this up, since nobody has replied yet. Brent. On 17 May 2018 at 19:50, Brent Annable <brentanna...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just started using \partcombine, and have noticed that, by default, > it doesn't print a rest in one part that coincides with

Re: Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions

2018-05-20 Thread Brent Annable
ond-user-bounces+carsonmark= > ca.rr@gnu.org] *On Behalf Of *Brent Annable > *Sent:* Sunday, May 20, 2018 7:31 AM > *To:* lilypond-user <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > *Subject:* Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > So I'm working o

Re: Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions

2018-05-20 Thread Brent Annable
ds, Brent. On 21 May 2018 at 06:14, Robin Bannister <r...@dabble.ch> wrote: > Brent Annable wrote: > > 2. I would like to parenthesize a couple of two-note chords in the tenor >> part. Has anybody come up with a decent way to put parentheses around >> entire chords yet?

Font trouble when compiling via Windows Subsystem for Linux

2018-06-16 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, Some of you may remember my memory allocation error from a while ago: trying to compile a 200-page PDF using a 32-bit version of Lilypond on a 64-bit Windows 10 system caused it to run out of memory. I eventually solved the problem by running Lilypond under the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Re: Font trouble when compiling via Windows Subsystem for Linux

2018-06-17 Thread Brent Annable
Hey Andrew, Yeah I tried that solution first, but got an error message when I tried to install Ubuntu the first time. I was at the height of my frustration at that point, so I rage quit and never went back to that solution. I think you’re right, I should probably reconsider it as this bash shell

\magnifyStaff alters thickness of barlines

2018-04-28 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I'm creating an organ part where the right-hand staff is supposed to be slightly narrower than the left-hand staff. When I use \magnifyStaff to achieve this effect, it also alters the thickness of the final barlines so they don't match up: \version "2.19.65" \score { \new PianoStaff <<

Printing lower continuo figures only

2018-03-29 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I am currently reproducing a continuo part, and am having trouble achieving a particular effect: printing a continuo figure in the *lower *position only. So in the first example in the attached image, I want the '3' to appear on the lower line, at the same height as the '4' to the left of

Merge_rests_engraver broken?

2018-12-17 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, Is the Merge_rests_engraver broken? I just copied and pasted the example from the Lilypond manual into Frescobaldi (Lilypond version 2.19.65), and the rests did not merge like they do on the relevant page of the manual

Re: Grace notes immediately following repeat barline cause extra barline

2020-04-07 Thread Brent Annable
Thank you both. Silly me, didn't read the fine print. Sorry to bother you! Brent. On Tue, 7 Apr 2020, 8:20 pm Noeck, wrote: > This is a longstanding issue. You need to add invisible grace notes in > the other staves: > > >

Grace notes immediately following repeat barline cause extra barline

2020-04-07 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I'm typesetting a multi-staff score, and whenever one part begins with grace notes immediately following a repeat barline, an extra barline is placed after the grace notes, between them and the note to which they are attached. It doesn't matter whether I use volta repeats or just insert

Re: Combining roughly 70 separate files into a single book

2020-04-28 Thread Brent Annable
d, 29 Apr 2020 at 02:18, Richard Shann wrote: > On Tue, 2020-04-28 at 23:37 +1000, Brent Annable wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm looking for some general advice on how to combine about 70 files > > into one, to turn multiple files into a single PDF. > > I guess you

Can system-system spacing be altered within a \score block?

2020-04-30 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I'm currently putting a whole bunch of separate pieces together into one document, and occasionally I want to manually adjust the distance between systems in one piece without affecting the spacing in the others. Because of the file structure I've chosen, I can't include any top-level

Re: Can system-system spacing be altered within a \score block?

2020-05-01 Thread Brent Annable
ntsize #5 \fill-line { "20" } } > \paper { system-system-spacing.basic-distance = 20 } > } > \bookpart { > \score { \music } > \header { piece = \markup\bold\fontsize #5 \fill-line { "30" } } > \paper { system-system-spacing.basic-distance

Re: Combining roughly 70 separate files into a single book

2020-05-03 Thread Brent Annable
wrote: > Il giorno mer 29 apr 2020 alle 02:36, Brent Annable > ha scritto: > > Does that do page numbers as well? I'd really like to eliminate any > > extra steps if possible; my goal is to have a master file that I can > > adjust as necessary, and then just press a

Re: Combining roughly 70 separate files into a single book

2020-05-04 Thread Brent Annable
wrote: > Il giorno lun 4 mag 2020 alle 14:39, Brent Annable > ha scritto: > > Your strategy seems like good advice, and I've changed the files > > around so I can do it. But the master file is getting very long and > > complicated with all the \score blocks, so I have a q

Re: Inserting a one-time Volta bracket

2021-06-15 Thread Brent Annable
> What about: > > > JM > > Le 15 juin 2021 à 08:43, Brent Annable a écrit : > > Here are my efforts so far. I don't think this solution is very elegant, > but if I could find a way to extend the measure length to accommodate the > text, this might work. But I'm sure th

Re: Bottom-right-aligned, multi-line paragraphs within headings

2021-06-08 Thread Brent Annable
Just resending this to the whole list. Thanks for that Lukas. And yeah, I did notice a slight misalignment, but I think it's so minor that it won't matter. Unless there are any code wizards out there who can tweak it one last time...? Brent. On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 03:06, Lukas-Fabian Moser

Beamed eighth notes in markup

2021-06-12 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I'm trying to create a markup indication that includes two beamed eighth-notes, but I can't seem to figure out how using \note or \note-by-number. Can anyone help? My efforts are attached. \version 2.19.65 \relative c' { c4 f^\markup {\center-align \italic \small { "(v. 6" }

Re: Bottom-right-aligned, multi-line paragraphs within headings

2021-06-10 Thread Brent Annable
Brilliant Harm, thank you! And thanks again to everybody who contributed to the thread, this is such a great community :-) Brent. On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 at 08:25, Thomas Morley wrote: > Am Di., 8. Juni 2021 um 19:07 Uhr schrieb Lukas-Fabian Moser : > > > > Hi Brent, > > > > > This is marvellous,

Re: Using partCombine with beamed melismata in cadenza mode

2021-06-17 Thread Brent Annable
; > -- > Knute Snortum > > > -- > Knute Snortum > > > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 5:15 AM Phil Holmes wrote: > > > > On 17/06/2021 12:51, Brent Annable wrote: > > > > Hi Phil, > > > > I was here: > > > > > https://lilypond.org

Using partCombine with beamed melismata in cadenza mode

2021-06-17 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I'm trying to use \partCombine to merge two parts with beamed eighth notes in cadenza mode (see attached). What I want is for the three eighth notes in the lower part to merge into chords with the upper part, but Lilypond doesn't seem to want to do it. When I take out the [ ] beaming

Re: Using partCombine with beamed melismata in cadenza mode

2021-06-17 Thread Brent Annable
ways check to see where I end up, or was this a cached page, or will it perhaps be taken down at some point? Brent. On Thu, 17 Jun 2021, 9:29 pm Phil Holmes, wrote: > On 17/06/2021 12:19, Brent Annable wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to use \partCombine to merge two p

Re: Using partCombine with beamed melismata in cadenza mode

2021-06-17 Thread Brent Annable
Timothy, gang, OMG you can just hide the beam? 臘‍♂️ Thank you very much! Brent. On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 08:14, Timothy Lanfear wrote: > On 17/06/2021 15:28, Brent Annable wrote: > > Ok cool thanks everyone, I'll definitely be mindful of that in future. > > > > Any ideas

Displaying 4/2 as cut common

2021-06-23 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, Just a quick question: is there any way to display a 4/2 time signature as cut common? I've tried 4/2, 8/4 and 2/1, but none of them seem to default to cut common. I've had a look around, but there doesn't seem to be a way for me to 'force' this behaviour... is there a way? Or do I need

Bottom-right-aligned, multi-line paragraphs within headings

2021-06-08 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I'm looking for a way to create a multi-line paragraph of text on the bottom-right-hand side of the heading section, the last line of which aligns with the lowest line of text on the left. I have attached a sample of what I want. The problems with my current solution are: 1. it is

Re: Bottom-right-aligned, multi-line paragraphs within headings

2021-06-08 Thread Brent Annable
Lukas, This is marvellous, thank you! Just one question: if I wanted to remove the preceding zeros from the number, how would I do that? Regards, Brent. On Tue, 8 Jun 2021 at 23:00, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote: > > > I'm sure our scheme wizards will be able to provide a much better > > solution

Re: Displaying 4/2 as cut common

2021-06-24 Thread Brent Annable
Thanks Lukas and everyone! Much obliged. Brent. On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 17:28, Vaughan McAlley wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 14:52, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote: > >> Hi Brent, >> >> Am 24.06.21 um 03:53 schrieb Brent Annable: >> > Just a quick question: is th

Hiding slurs but retaining melismata

2021-07-03 Thread Brent Annable
Hi everybody, I'm preparing some choral motets, and so far I have used slurs to tell the lyric engine where to put the melismata. I am finding the page a little too cluttered, so bow I want to see what the score would look like without the slurs in it. When I use \hide Slur, they disappear but

Re: Hiding slurs but retaining melismata

2021-07-03 Thread Brent Annable
Lukas, Perfect, thanks so much again! Gee I'm learning a lot right now. Brent. On Sat, 3 Jul 2021 at 17:53, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote: > Hi Brent, > > Am 03.07.21 um 09:40 schrieb Brent Annable: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I'm preparing some choral motets, and so fa

Appending minor chords with "sus2/sus4"

2021-07-12 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I'm currently adding chords to some music, and I can't seem to find anywhere how to create a "Gmsus2" chord name. When I type "g:msus2" lilypond freaks out, and as far as I can tell, this particular combination of a minor chord with an added suspension never appears in the documentation

Re: Appending minor chords with "sus2/sus4"

2021-07-13 Thread Brent Annable
Lukas, Aaaah, that makes sense. As a classical stiff I just assumed that suspensions resolve downwards by default, so the 2 was in fact a suspended tonic, not a suspended third. And since the minor third is already present in the chord I'm dealing with, I think I'll just change it to Gm add9.

Setting \compressEmpryMeasures globally

2021-08-07 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, Just a quick question: I'm currently re-using some vocal music files I've set to create instrumental parts. I have all the notes stored as variables in separate files, and am working in a parent file to create the instrumental parts. I want to introduce a \compressEmptyMeasures command

Re: Setting \compressEmpryMeasures globally

2021-08-07 Thread Brent Annable
Damn, I was sure I tried all of them. Oh well, thanks for the reply, and sorry for the bother :-S Brent. On Sun, 8 Aug 2021 at 15:22, Jean Abou Samra wrote: > Le 08/08/2021 à 07:15, Brent Annable a écrit : > > Hi all, > > > > Just a quick question: I'm currently re-u

Re: Setting global staff size after the \paper block nullifies font setting

2021-07-31 Thread Brent Annable
Aah, thank you for clarifying that Aaron. And thank you for the hack, I'll give that a go! Regards, Brent. On Sat, 31 Jul 2021, 5:42 pm Aaron Hill, wrote: > On 2021-07-30 11:05 pm, Brent Annable wrote: > > I've come across a little problem that I don't know how to fix. I've &g

Setting global staff size after the \paper block nullifies font setting

2021-07-31 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I've come across a little problem that I don't know how to fix. I've changed the text font in a vocal score by using the scheme #define font procedure, and have noticed that if I subsequently use #(set-global-staff-size) *after* the \paper block, the font reverts back to the default. It

Re: Elision slur below entire syllable

2021-08-11 Thread Brent Annable
{ c' c'} \addlyrics {lov -- \markup\undertie"liest"} > > to get this even in lyrics. > > Cheers, > Valentin > > > Am Mittwoch, 11. August 2021, 19:05:20 CEST schrieb Brent Annable: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Is there any way to place an elision slur b

Elision slur below entire syllable

2021-08-11 Thread Brent Annable
Hi everyone, Is there any way to place an elision slur below an entire syllable (not between syllables), as shown in the example? And does anybody know the proper name for this thing? Since I'm not interlining the lyrics for this hymn, I actually want to do this in a \markup block, not in

Re: Elision slur below entire syllable

2021-08-11 Thread Brent Annable
Alleluia!" "From the branch of Jesse grows," " Alleluia!" } But that produces "love" and "liest" as two separate words. Brent. On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 at 03:37, Brent Annable wrote: > Valentin, > > Marvellous, thank you!

Naturals before restored accidentals

2021-10-12 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I'm trying to set the default Lilypond behaviour *not* to print natural signs before restored accidentals, but I can't figure out the proper syntax. Can someone tell me why the \override line in the following example doesn't work but the \tweak does, and what I need to do to apply this

Re: Naturals before restored accidentals

2021-10-12 Thread Brent Annable
David, Many thanks! Brent. On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 00:24, David Kastrup wrote: > Brent Annable writes: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to set the default Lilypond behaviour *not* to print natural > > signs before restored accidentals, but I can't figure out the

Re: New Musescore

2021-10-24 Thread Brent Annable
Hi Everyone, Can anybody tell me how to actually use the new Leland font in lilypond? I went to the GitHub link and downloaded all the files, but as far as I can tell there are no Leland-11, Leland-13, Leland-14, etc. files. I downloaded the available .otf anyway, and when I tried to compile a

Re: New Musescore

2021-10-24 Thread Brent Annable
Thanks Jean! Brent. On Sun, 24 Oct 2021 at 18:52, Jean Abou Samra wrote: > Le 24/10/2021 à 08:02, Brent Annable a écrit : > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Can anybody tell me how to actually use the new Leland font in lilypond? > I > > went to the GitHub link and downlo

Re: Extra padding between ChordNames and custom headers

2021-07-16 Thread Brent Annable
freaks out, and when I separate the scores with \bookpart, they are placed on separate pages. Is there a way to get the extra padding only on one score, with both being on the same page? Brent. On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 at 16:52, Xavier Scheuer wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 at 06:19, Brent Anna

Re: Extra padding between ChordNames and custom headers

2021-07-16 Thread Brent Annable
d message -- >> From: Xavier Scheuer >> To: Brent Annable >> Cc: lilypond-user >> Bcc: >> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:52:07 +0200 >> Subject: Re: Extra padding between ChordNames and custom headers >> On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 at 06:19, Brent Annable >> wrote:

Re: Extra padding between ChordNames and custom headers

2021-07-16 Thread Brent Annable
.padding = 3 > \myChords > } > \new Staff { c''1 d''1 e''1 f'' } > >> > } > \score { > << > \new ChordNames { > \myChords > } > \new Staff { c''1 d''1 e''1 f'' } > >> > } > > > Le 17 juil. 2021 à 05:58,

Extra padding between ChordNames and custom headers

2021-07-15 Thread Brent Annable
Hi everyone, I'm producing some music that uses some custom headers as well as chord names above the staff. Sometimes the chord names are a little too close to the headers for my liking, and I'd like a way to add more padding above the chord names when necessary. Because of the custom headers,

Re: TOC entries listed in order of \include

2022-09-28 Thread Brent Annable
ng). > > Cheers, > Valentin > > 24.09.2022 18:52:12 Brent Annable : > > Hey Valentin, > > Thanks so much for the reply, but I have to say I don't understand your > suggestion at all. Isn't there a way for me to put in the tocItems so that > when I move the score

Alphabetised table of contents?

2022-09-20 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I'm just wondering if it's possible in Lilypond to create a table of contents that is alphabetical by item, rather than by page number order? I'm trying to create an alphabetical index by hymn tune or first line that will go in the back of a book. Many thanks for any help, Brent.

Re: Alphabetised table of contents?

2022-09-23 Thread Brent Annable
Thanks for all the tips everyone! I will look into these snippets. I do actually need to create multiple indices (alphabetical by first line and by tune name0, so maybe my dream won't be possible for the time being, but it's good to know this functionality exists. Brent. On Thu, 22 Sept 2022 at

Can a \bookpart be a variable?

2022-09-23 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I've been typesetting a bunch of hymns for inclusion in a larger publication, and I now have about 100 separate Lilypond files that I need to collate into a single master file. It seems easiest to me to turn each individual file into a \bookpart, set the bookpart as a variable, then

TOC entries listed in order of \include

2022-09-24 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I'm creating a book of music using a master file where I call on \bookpart variables from lots of different files, which are included in the master file using the \include function. I have a list of included files in a separate file, and the master just includes that one file. I want to

Table-of-contents subheadings on separate pages

2022-10-08 Thread Brent Annable
Hi all, I'm just wondering if there's a way to get each subheading in a table of contents to automatically appear on a new page? My table of contents is divided into three sections, and I would like each section to start on a new page: \version "2.22.1" \paper { tocSubMarkup = \markup \large