new user problem

2013-12-29 Thread Molly Preston
I have been learning Lilypond over the past few weeks. I am entering a song with piano that I wrote. Even though I am using the template for this I keep getting fatal errors. It'll work for a while and then when I add more notes I get a fatal error. I get syntax errors, barcheck errors,

fixed it!

2013-12-30 Thread Molly Preston
Thank you for all your help! I actually got it so that there aren't any errors popping up right now. Lyric bar check errors were happening due to the fact that you can't put a bar check unless the lyric is on the downbeat. I don't know why that is. But that seems to be how it works. -Molly

Re: anybody near a library possessing the old Schumann edition

2014-01-30 Thread Molly Preston
If you can find it on worldcat.org you can get it through your library. They can request from another library and have it mailed to your library. Ask the circulation assistants about interlibrary loans. -Molly On Jan 30, 2014 12:01 PM, lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org wrote: Send lilypond-user

\RemoveEmptyStaves for drums?

2017-08-05 Thread Molly Preston
Hello, I am making parts and have glockenspiel and the non-pitched percussion on one part. However I can't seem to get it to \RemoveEmptyStaves for the \DrumStaff. This is what I tried. \layout { \context { \Staff \RemoveEmptyStaves \DrumStaff \RemoveEmptyStaves } } Thanks! Molly

Re: making parts : specific number of measures per line?

2017-08-06 Thread Molly Preston
Aug 2017 at 11:36:50 (-0400), Molly Preston wrote: > > Hi again everyone, > > I am trying the following for making 6 measures per line in the flute > part. > > > > layoutContent = { > > > > s1 *6 \break > > } > > > > \score { > >

Re: making parts : specific number of measures per line?

2017-08-06 Thread Molly Preston
%m93-96 g,2.~ \ff | %m97 } \score { \new Staff << \new Voice { \compressFullBarRests \fluteMusic } \new Voice { \layoutContent } >> } On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2017-08-06 18:27 GMT+02:00 Molly Preston <mollyprest

making parts : specific number of measures per line?

2017-08-06 Thread Molly Preston
Hi again everyone, I am trying the following for making 6 measures per line in the flute part. layoutContent = { s1 *6 \break } \score { \new Staff << \new Voice { \fluteMusic } \new Voice { \repeat unfold 20 { \layoutContent } } >> } If i use the repeat unfold command I get

Having a hard time with vertical spacing?

2017-08-07 Thread Molly Preston
I'm unclear as to how to make more room between staves when it's in one instrument in a part. I tried \layout { \context { \Staff \override VerticalAxisGroup.default-staff-staff-spacing.basic-distance = #10 } } However, I think this is just between two separate staves that aren't

looking for a lot of help for piano reduction

2017-05-15 Thread Molly Preston
Hello everyone. I don't know anyone who has lilypond who can help me with writing up a piano reduction, so I thought I would ask the list. I have a project that is (technically) due next Monday. But I don't have the time to mess with all the lilypond errors I'm getting from trying to use

looking for a lot of help for piano reduction

2017-05-15 Thread Molly Preston
Hello everyone. I don't know anyone who has lilypond who can help me with writing up a piano reduction, so I thought I would ask the list. I have a project that is (technically) due next Monday. But I don't have the time to mess with all the lilypond errors I'm getting from trying to use

Re: looking for a lot of help for piano reduction

2017-05-15 Thread Molly Preston
are we talking about, and what texture (SATB, brass > choir, etc)? > > Karen > > > On Monday, May 15, 2017 5:17 PM, Molly Preston <mollypresto...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello everyone. > > I don't know anyone who has lilypond who can help me with writing

Re: compiling sonata with \include

2020-10-15 Thread Molly Preston
Scheuer wrote: > On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 18:00, Molly Preston > wrote: > > > > Hello. I am confused by the hierarchy of headings. I have read about it > in the manuals and still find it confusing. > > > > I am trying to use \include to compile my sonata. The score

compiling sonata with \include

2020-10-15 Thread Molly Preston
Hello. I am confused by the hierarchy of headings. I have read about it in the manuals and still find it confusing. I am trying to use \include to compile my sonata. The score block and headings are in each file. I basically just have this: \include "Circle_mvt1.ly" \pageBreak \include

Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 215, Issue 75

2020-10-15 Thread Molly Preston
{ %system-system-spacing, #' basic-distance = #25 systems-per-page = 6 print-all-headers = ##f } \header { title = "Circle" subtitle = \markup { "I." } composer = \markup { \center-column { "Molly Preston" (2020) } } tagline = ##f

cresc over whole notes with lyrics

2021-06-08 Thread Molly Preston
What is the best way to handle crescendos and decrescendos when they need to start on beat 4 of a whole note for example. Lyrics that start in one voice also disappear when introducing <<...\\ ...>> using spacers for crescendos and decrescendos over a whole note that start on a different beat

Re: cresc over whole notes with lyrics

2021-06-09 Thread Molly Preston
. > nonstaff-unrelatedstaff-spacing.padding = #2 > } > > \lyricsto "music" { Hel -- lo } > >> > %%% > > -- > Knute Snortum > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 4:35 PM Molly Preston > wrote: > > > > What is the best way to handle cres

Re: trill spanner over whole note

2021-06-07 Thread Molly Preston
I don't want it through the end of the score. I just want it through the end of the next measure. -Molly On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 6:04 PM Jean Abou Samra wrote: > > Le 07/06/2021 à 23:57, Molly Preston a écrit : > > Hi again. > > > > I am trying to get a trill spanner

trill spanner over whole note

2021-06-07 Thread Molly Preston
Hi again. I am trying to get a trill spanner over a quarter note tied to a whole note and through that measure. \new Staff { r2 r4 c' ~ \startTrillSpan| << { c'1 \< } \\ {s4 s s s \stopTrillSpan } >> d'1\f | } I tried to use the spacer rests for this but it doesn't seem to do

horizontal lyric spacing?

2021-06-20 Thread Molly Preston
What is the best way to make more room horizontally for lyrics? I have two syllable words that look like they are one syllable words (ie no hyphen visible) , and I am not sure the best way to space them or if there is some special property I don't understand? -Molly

slur over break

2021-05-26 Thread Molly Preston
\version "2.20.0" \score { << \new Staff { \new Voice dis'2. cis'4 ~ cis'4 e'4 dis'2 } \addlyrics {leop -- ard crys -- tal} << \new PianoStaff \new Staff = "upper" { \shape #'((0 . 0.5) (0 . 0.5) (0 . 0.5) (0 . 5)) PhrasingSlur d'8 \( \change Staff = "lower"

Re: slur over break

2021-06-01 Thread Molly Preston
, May 26, 2021 at 2:41 PM David Nalesnik wrote: > Hi Molly, > > On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 12:22 PM Molly Preston > wrote: > > > > \version "2.20.0" > > > > > > \score { << > > > > \new Staff { > > \new Voice > >

Re: Ottava printing at beginning of system

2021-11-29 Thread Molly Preston
gt; Am Montag, 29. November 2021, 20:53:09 CET schrieb Molly Preston: > > Hi everyone! > > I'm wondering if anyone has a solution for this. I can't find one in the > > manuals. > > Is there a way to get it to not print that 8va on the second line, but > just > > con

Ottava printing at beginning of system

2021-11-29 Thread Molly Preston
Hi everyone! I'm wondering if anyone has a solution for this. I can't find one in the manuals. Is there a way to get it to not print that 8va on the second line, but just continue it with a dashed line? \version "2.22.1" \score { \new Staff { \set Staff.ottavationMarkups = #ottavation-ordinals

scheme code producing solid 8va line

2021-12-17 Thread Molly Preston
Someone helped with fixing the 8va so it didn't repeat 8va after the line break. However, it is producing a solid line where the 8va is, but only in this one place: \version "2.22.1" upper = { #(define (my-callback grob) (let* ( ; have we been split? (orig

Re: Two questions

2021-12-17 Thread Molly Preston
Thank you this helped a lot! I couldn't find it under Tempo or Markup and didn't notice MeteonomeMark. And I mistakenly forgot code for page turns under the paper block. -Molly On Wed, Dec 15, 2021, 14:47 Jean Abou Samra wrote: > Le 15/12/2021 à 19:08, Molly Preston a écrit : > >

clef change problem with grace notes

2021-10-30 Thread Molly Preston
When changing clefs in the left hand the treble clef is placed on the right side of the bar line. It seems to be related to the grace notes happening in the right hand. Does anyone have a fix for this? << \new Staff { \time 7/8 \clef bass ees8 ( d des d fis)-. d ( fis -. ) |

Re: clef change problem with grace notes

2021-10-30 Thread Molly Preston
15:44 schrieb Molly Preston: > > When changing clefs in the left hand the treble clef is placed on the > > right side of the bar line. It seems to be related to the grace notes > > happening in the right hand. Does anyone have a fix for this? > > That's LilyPond's m

Text Spanner repeated after a break

2021-12-12 Thread Molly Preston
Hi again. I have a similar problem to the 8va showing up after line breaks. I made a text spanner that's a rit.- It shows up on the line after a break. I tried to modify the scheme code slightly like this: \version "2.22.1" \new Staff \absolute { #(define (text-callback

Re: Text Spanner repeated after a break

2021-12-14 Thread Molly Preston
Hi Jean! Thank you so much! That worked. I will have to keep this in mind. It's interesting that the OttavaSpanner doesn't have something similar. Why is that? -Molly On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 2:37 AM Jean Abou Samra wrote: > Le 13/12/2021 à 04:03, Molly Preston a écrit : > >

Two questions

2021-12-15 Thread Molly Preston
Hi again! Does anyone have issues with \allowPageTurn? I put in two page turns in my score, but it doesn't seem to be making them. What circumstances might create this problem? Second question is: How do you move up a \tempo marking" \override TextScript.Y-offset = #2

Horizontal spacing per measure?

2022-03-22 Thread Molly Preston
Hello. I am wondering if there is any way of changing the horizontal spacing. I would like the first two measures to have more room than the third measure. The cross-staff beaming I think needs more room and I am not sure how to do this other than moving the third measure to the next line. I

tremolos

2022-03-23 Thread Molly Preston
Is there any way of changing the angle of tremolo markings? \version "2.22.1" \repeat tremolo 16 { 32 e'' 32 } I am wondering if there is a way to get the tremolo marking to be angled instead of straight? -Molly

Figured it out!

2022-10-21 Thread Molly Preston
Sorry for the second email. I just wanted to say I realized what to do right after I sent you all the email. I simply added two new staves and removed the bar engraver, clef engraver, and time signature engraver. -Molly

adding empty staves in the middle?

2022-10-21 Thread Molly Preston
Hi. I was wondering if anyone knows how to add empty staves to a score in the middle. I realize this may not be possible and my best option is to use the following wherever I want to add staves: << \new Staff { \once \omit Staff.TimeSignature s1*5 } >> I have two voices

Breath marks

2022-12-07 Thread Molly Preston
Hello! I was wondering if there is a way to make a breath mark that is like a comma and in bold. I'm attaching a PNG file to show a small example, but I would like it much bigger. I didn't see it under breath marks and caesuras or glyphs. -Molly

ForScore and lilypond

2022-12-05 Thread Molly Preston
Hi. In ForScore, lilypond articulations and crescendos show up as hyperlinks. They are showing up as blue bubbles. I know you can turn it off in Forscore, is there a way through lilypond to not have them show up that way? -Molly

Re: ForScore and lilypond

2022-12-05 Thread Molly Preston
Ahhh smart. I will have to make a note in a template so I remember! On Mon, Dec 5, 2022, 12:23 Ralph Palmer wrote: > On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 8:39 AM Molly Preston > wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> In ForScore, lilypond articulations and crescendos show up as hyperlinks. >

Re: ForScore and lilypond

2022-12-05 Thread Molly Preston
FDocumentation%2Fusage%2Fconfiguring-the-system-for-point-and-click%23enabling-point-and-click=7327048=366c354d271462c9> >> >> Regards, >> Fernando >> >> El lun, 5 dic 2022 a las 10:40, Molly Preston () >> escribió: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>&

Re: Beaming question

2022-11-29 Thread Molly Preston
pel.edu.br/labcomp/ > > Sent with Proton Mail <https://proton.me/> secure email. > > --- Original Message --- > On Sunday, November 27th, 2022 at 13:44, Molly Preston < > mollypresto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am working with a texture of triplet 16ths that

Beaming question

2022-11-27 Thread Molly Preston
I am working with a texture of triplet 16ths that occasionally are duple 16ths. I am wondering if there is a way to turn the beam into a single beam between the second f'' in the triplet to the c'' in the below example. I'm not sure what that's called and couldn't find it in the notation manual.

fingering and pedal marking questions

2023-01-24 Thread Molly Preston
Hi! I'm doing a notation assignment. 1) How do I get the pedal markings to show up bracket style when using the Dynamics context for it? 2) How do I get the fingering 1 in the second voice to move above the Staff? \version "2.22.2" rightHand = { << \voiceOne { \set fingeringOrientations

Re: fingering and pedal marking questions

2023-01-24 Thread Molly Preston
lly On Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 18:42 Knute Snortum wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 1:07 PM Molly Preston > wrote: > > > > Hi! I'm doing a notation assignment. > > > > 1) How do I get the pedal markings to show up bracket style when using > the Dynamics context for it? &g

Re: fingering and pedal marking questions

2023-01-24 Thread Molly Preston
Yeah I tried that and it didn't look any different to me. I want the sustainOn to be in the middle of the note head. On Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 22:07 Mark Mathias wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 7:52 PM Molly Preston > wrote: > >> Thank you so much Knute! >> >&

Re: fingering and pedal marking questions

2023-01-24 Thread Molly Preston
Interesting! They look more different on yours than on mine. I'm not sure why. -Molly On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 10:57 PM Mark Mathias wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 10:37 PM Molly Preston > wrote: > >> Yeah I tried that and it didn't look any different to me. I want t