Re: Insert new pitches

[Jonathan Kulp]

lucifree wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I wanted to add new pitches for percussion, eg : a second crash cymbal. 
> So i copied the drumPitchNames  section from drumpitch-init.ly into my 
> document, then added two new lines :
>
> drumPitchNames =
> #'(
>   (crashcymbalbis . crashcymbalbis)
>   (cymk . crashcymbalbis)
>  
>  % then copied here all other lines
>   .....
> )
>
> (I also have a section 'myDrums' as explained in doc to set all my note 
> heads & positions.)
>
> The question is : there is a syntaxic way to ADD my new pitch to the 
> default drumPitchNames structure rather than COPY it all ?? (and so 
> benefit of later modifications in distributed file, reduce/simplify my 
> doc length, etc...)
>
> Thanks,
> L.

You can create your own "definitions.ly" file as described in the 
Learning Manual here:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Style-sheets#Style-sheets

Then you just have to put \include "definitions.ly" at the top of your 
documents.

I like to put the definitions file in my $HOME directory because I found 
that if I put it in the directory with the other lilypond program files 
it kept getting deleted when I upgraded lilypond.  If you put it in the 
home directory, be sure to include the home directory in your lilypond 
command:

lilypond --include=$HOME filename.ly

This is the command on Linux anyway.  I don't recall which OS you're 
using.  You'll have to adjust if you're on Mac or Windows (actually I 
have no idea how to do this on Windows...)

Jon
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