Re: Aligning output question

[Kevin Tough]

Hi Marc,

I just cleaned up my code as you suggested, thanks. 

My input file puts out 2 pairs of staffs. One with whole notes and one
with half notes. Is it possible to vertically align both the start and
end length of the two pairs? This is just a piece of a larger file with
5 pairs of staffs. They all have different lengths and it just does not
look very professional. 

As a newbie to Lilypond I just take the output and use GIMP to convert
it into an image format that Libre Office supports. I hope not to have
to create separate output for each staff pair (notes + tab) to achieve
the formatting I'd like.

Namaste,

Kevin

On Sat, 2013-10-12 at 15:20 +0200, Marc Hohl wrote:
> Am 12.10.2013 15:09, schrieb Kevin Tough:
> > One of the last hurdles I have to figure out to start producing course
> > notes is to Left/Right jusify staff output, if it is possible. I've done
> > some document scanning and not found my solution. Would anyone be able
> > to point me in the right direction or check my input code to see if it
> > even has the right structure. Here it is...
> >
> > \version "2.16.2"
> >
> > % BasicNoteTabTemplate.ly
> >
> > \language "english"
> >
> > \header {
> >    %title = "First String Practice"
> >    %composer = "Composer"
> >    %subtitle = "English with Guitar"
> > }
> >
> > song = {
> >    e1 f g e f g e f g f e \bar "|."
> > }
> >
> > <<
> >    \new Staff \relative c'' {
> >      \numericTimeSignature \time 4/4
> >      \song
> >    }
> 
> Though it is some sort of nitpicking, I'd use
> 
> song = \relative c' { ... }
> 
> here, and include it by
> 
> \new Staff {
>    \clef "treble_8"
>    \song
> }
> 
> \new TabStaff {
>    \song
> }
> 
> The octavated treble clef is recommended for guitar music while
> the little '8' is more often than not omitted.
> 
> Marc
> [...]
> >>>
> >
> > Another guestion is about variable usage. Can variables be changed or
> > are they equivalent to constants?
> 
> Something like
> 
> song = \relative c'' { c1 d e f }
> 
> \score {
>    \new Staff { \song }
> }
> 
> song = \relative c'' { g1 a b c }
> 
> \score {
>    \new Staff { \song }
> }
> 
> ?
> 
> Just give it a try ;-)
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
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