LilyPond 2.24, Guile 2.2, and a new version of clairnote.ly
"Everything changes and nothing stands still." — Heraclitus A new version of the "clairnote.ly" file is now available for download from the…
"Everything changes and nothing stands still." — Heraclitus A new version of the "clairnote.ly" file is now available for download from the…
In this post we will learn how to write a piece for classical guitar in Clairnote using a three-octave staff with tablatures. We will use as…
In the previous two posts, we learned how to write sheet music in Clairnote notation using different software: LilyPond, Frescobaldi…
In the previous post we showed how you can create Clairnote sheet music "from scratch", or from a standard MusicXML file, by using MuseScore…
Although one can create sheet music in Clairnote music notation with just LilyPond using the clairnote.ly file, it may not be easy or fast…
LilyBin is a website that offers a convenient web-based interface for using LilyPond. While it is not fully-featured like Frescobaldi, it…
In December I (finally) designed Clairnote's custom clef symbols and wrote the code to render them with LilyPond. Take a look! Clef symbols…
While Clairnote's Sheet Music Library now has over 500 pieces of music wouldn't it be nice to have sheet music specifically for those who…
Previously when there were notes in two different voices that were two semitones apart (e.g. a major second), the noteheads would collide…
In Clairnote the notes D, F-sharp/G-flat, and A-sharp/B-flat are all solid notes that fall right between staff lines or ledger lines. So…
In addition to the new key signatures covered in the previous post, the latest clairnote-code.ly clairnote.ly file (see Software:LilyPond…
Clairnote now has newly revised key signatures that are simpler, more compact, and easier to read, while providing more information and…
As 2015 hurtles to a close it is a good time to look back at recent improvements to the code for rendering Clairnote with LilyPond. At this…
I received some feedback that the double stems on half notes were too subtle and too easily overlooked in the Clairnote sheet music produced…
Back in May (how time flies!) I mentioned some improvements to the code for rendering Clairnote notation with LilyPond. These started with…
Announcing the latest LilyPond improvements... Last week I released a new version of the code that extends LilyPond so that it can produce…
Recent work has lead to improved rendering of ledger lines, dotted notes, and beams in Clairnote music notation (by LilyPond). Here's a…
Lets take it to the next level. After several months in the pipeline I am pleased to announce a new Sheet Music Library offering 30…
This post is about going beyond global variables. It is the last entry in a series of posts about recent improvements to the clairnote-code…
This is another post in a series of posts about recent improvements to the clairnote-code.ly clairnote.ly file. This one is about clef…
One of the more significant recent changes to the clairnote-code.ly clairnote.ly file is that now when you \include "clairnote.ly" in a…
The first image below shows how LilyPond positions the two dots in repeat signs (by default) for a custom four-line staff like Clairnote's…
In LilyPond news, now that I have learned something about functional programming, I have been rewriting large swaths of the scheme code in…