Re: drum notes

[Joerg Anders]

Hi all!

A year ago I asked for drum notes and drum chords in LilyPond.
At that time I got the following mail from Rune Zedeler. 

Is there any progress in this field ?

On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Rune Zedeler wrote:

> Joerg Anders wrote:
> 
> > I'm about to improve the NoteEdit drum notes export.
> 
> The lilypond drum notation is currently not working properly in 1.7.
> When I get time and energy ( :-( ) I will make some better drum support.
> I don't think that you should spend much energy in supporting the 
> current (1.6) drum system as it will probably not keep on working. As I 
> said: It does not work in 1.7.
> 
> > To comprehend the system I wrote the following 
> > "crash test:
> > 
> >   \include "paper16.ly"
> > 
> >   \include "drumpitch-init.ly"
> > 
> >   drh = \notes { \clef "percussion"
> >     bda4 bd ssh ss | ssl sna sn hc | sne tomfl hhc hh | tomfh hhp toml hho 
> > | 
> >     hhho tomml tommh cymca | cymc tomh cymra cymr | cymch rb tamb cyms | cb 
> > cymcb vibs cymrb | 
> >     bohm boh boho bolm | bol bolo cghm cglm | cgho cgh cglo cgl | timh timl 
> > agh agl | 
> >     cab mar whs whl | guis guil gui cl | wbh wbl cuim cuio | trim tri trio 
> > ua | 
> >     ub uc ud ue | da db dc dd | de r r r
> >     \bar "|."
> >   }
> > 
> >   \score {
> >     \context Staff=drumst \notes <
> >       \apply #(drums->paper 'drums) <
> >         \context Voice=voa {\stemUp \drh }
> >       >
> >     >
> >   }
> > 
> > During "ly2dvi" a get a lot of messages of this kind:
> > 
> >   warning: lily-guile: Kit `drums' doesn't contain drum `triangle'
> >   See lily/drumpitch.ly for supported drums.
> >   warning: lily-guile: Kit `drums' doesn't contain drum `opentriangle'
> >   See lily/drumpitch.ly for supported drums.
> >   warning: lily-guile: Kit `drums' doesn't contain drum `oneup'
> > 
> > And only a few notes have special drum heads.
> > But I consulted "drumpitch.ly". The "bda bd ssh ss ..." words are
> 
> This is the expected result. The 'drums kit is for typesetting a normal 
> drum kit - and percussion instruments (like the triangle) not present on 
> a typical drum kit will not be typeset normally.
> 
> The transposing pitches (from ua in the above) are  NOT drums - they 
> should only be entered as arguments to transpose-like commands.
> 
> -Rune
> 
> 

-- 
J.Anders, Chemnitz, GERMANY (address@hidden)