Re: Tremolo positioning

[Joshua Parmenter]

> On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:41, Joshua Parmenter wrote:
> > Ignoring modern style sheets means not being able to type-set for
> > those companies. Which also means using Finale or Sibelius.
> >
> > Or, perhaps this can be configurable. Maybe a stylesheet could be
> > loaded?
> If you're new here, you may not realise that almost everything in  
> lilypond is
> configurable. As things stand, you can do
> \override StemTremolo #'beam-slope = #0.3
> at the beginning of your score and all tremolos will be sloped at  
> 30 degrees.
> They can also be overridden individually. (And the same applies to  
> tremolo
> width).

Of course... I have only started working through the tutorial... so  
perhaps I should just keep a little quiet until I know what is going on!

Thanks,

Josh

> So what we are discussing here is only the default behaviour. And I  
> tend to
> agree with Han-Wen that the default should be to follow classical  
> behaviour.
>
> Cheers,
> Joe
>
> > And I apologize for not introducing myself and my situation. I was
> > directed here from a MANTIS thread with Denemo. Basically, I'm a
> > composer that does quite a bit of open-source development (mostly
> > with SuperCollider). I've been using Finale forever, and am tired of
> > paying for upgrade after upgrade. Also, since I have acquired some
> > coding skills, and have just finished graduate school, I am  
> > looking for:
> >
> > a) an alternative
> > b) a project I can expand personally to meet my needs (in my own
> > copy... if need be)
> > c) possibly a project that wants so assistance with development.
> >
> > I spent a good 5 years learning how to make Finale do what I wanted.
> > I'm ready to invest time like that again if that kind of assistance
> > is wanted. So, that's where I am coming from. Most of my notational
> > needs are with extended 20th century technique... something no
> > typesetting program does well... the ability for lilipond to use TeX
> > obviously opens up many possibilities... I find this exciting.
> >
> > Look forward to learning the program, and, if it is wanted, possibly
> > helping with development.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > On Mar 28, 2006, at 3:31 PM, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> > > Joshua Parmenter wrote:
> > > > I'll do this tonight (when I'm home with my scanner).
> > > > Looking over some older scores, I definitely see examples like the
> > > > one sent earlier... but over 10 years of typesetting, most current
> > > > style sheets (if memory serves me correctly) specify slanted
> > > > tremolos. I'll actually see if I can dig up the Durand style sheet
> > > > (the one I've seen most recently) and see if ti specifies.
> > >
> > > I would be most interested in a xerox/scan of this document.
> > >
> > > Schirmer's style guide shows slanted tremolo beams on horizontal
> > > beams, but I admit that it looks rather disconcerting. Let's do
> > > what the classics do, and ignore modern style sheets.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Han-Wen Nienhuys - address@hidden - http://www.xs4all.nl/ 
> > > ~hanwen
> > >
> > > LilyPond Software Design
> > >  -- Code for Music Notation
> > > http://www.lilypond-design.com
> >
> > ******************************************
> > Joshua Parmenter
> > address@hidden
> > Post-Doctoral Research Associate - Center for Digital Arts and
> > Experimental Media
> > Raitt Hall - University of Washington
> > Seattle, Washington 98195
> >
> > http://www.dxarts.washington.edu
> > http://www.realizedsound.net/josh/

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Joshua Parmenter
address@hidden
Post-Doctoral Research Associate - Center for Digital Arts and  
Experimental Media
Raitt Hall - University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195

http://www.dxarts.washington.edu
http://www.realizedsound.net/josh/