Version 2.6 of Denemo has been released
New Features for release 2.6
Pitches First note entry method
Notes are visualized on a special MIDI track
Entering rhythms inserts notes from MIDI track
Recorded MIDI is re-synchronized as each bar is entered
Facilities to play, backup, advance, delete, restart recording
Support all system/markup spacing controls
Easy setting of conditional behavior of Denemo Directives
Directives attached all objects (notes, chords, time/key signatures etc)
Use e.g. for changes of clef only for certain instruments
Editing the LilyPond for individual objects
Applies to all objects (notes, chords, time/key signatures etc)
Use e.g. to create editions with chords for smaller hands
Support creating score/paper/header Directives at startup from Score Properties Editor
Directives are created only where absent
Allow easy toggling between listening/playing-in pitches via Shift key.
Create Score and Parts in one PDF
Allow setting transposition on playback easily
Allow recording and attaching musical audio fragments to a score while composing
Easier setting of Movement Tempo
Improvements to Playback Controls
Better control over playback volume
Simplify setting playback start/end markers
Better use of colors
Improve Legibility
Paler Denemo Cursor
Allow alteration of brightness of playback start/end markers
View Menu Improvements
Turn various windows on/off by shortcut
Switch back to Main Window with Esc or Ctrl-w
Staff Display Spacing Control
Ctrl-Drag to loosen/tighten spacing in display
Auto/Manual spacing available
Allows tight spacing for small screens
Allow trailing staff lines at end of movement
Bug Fixes
Fix setting of movement tempo in playback controls
Fix Inserting Breve and Longa
Fix display of dotted Breve and Longa after reload
Fix spurious 0xffffff keypress on windows
Fix setting/following links to source files esp. on Windows
Fix display of key signatures for tenor and baritone clefs
Prevent staff braces being attached to Marks/Dynamics staffs
Fix sounding duration of grace notes on dotted notes
Check part lists are same in all movements on Check Score.
Fix Performance for case where there is an upbeat at the start
Fix Performance View for LilyPond version 2.22
Fix Hide Movement as Sketch
Fix Duplicated Titles
Fix staff heights in display not resetting
Fix lyric pane not showing sometimes
Fix lyrics clashing with beaming in display
Hidden staff markers avoid clashes
Arrow at right of display now reliably shifts the displayed measures
Improvements in restoring window sizes on re-starting Denemo
Playback Fixes
Pause no longer hangs notes
Reset places end play at end
Initial Playbutton icon change when pausing fixed
Playback markers in display now follow notes accurately
Fix clutter in display at Playback Start marker
Fix Pause for Windows version
New Features
MusicXML export
Supports export of multi-movement scores
Support for Musical Sketches
Cut selection as sketch
Support for LilyPond 2.20.0
Menu Navigation from Keyboard enabled
Comments in Lyric verses
Bug Fixes
Various fixes in MusicXML import
Various fixes in LilyPond import
Wrong Keyboard Shortcuts on MacOS
New Features
MusicXML export
Supports export of multi-movement scores
Support for Musical Sketches
Cut selection as sketch
Support for LilyPond 2.20.0
Menu Navigation from Keyboard enabled
Comments in Lyric verses
Bug Fixes
Various fixes in MusicXML import
Wrong Keyboard Shortcuts on MacOS
New Features
Omission Criteria
A lightweight alternative to Score Layouts
A single flag turns on/off features of the score
Swing Playback
Playback with altered note durations
Use for Jazz swing and note inègales
Page Turner/Annotater
Annotate while playing from digital score
Page turn digital score from pedals
New from Current
Create a new score using the current one as template
Use for books of songs, sonatas etc to keep style uniform
Bug Fixes
Easier object edit interface
After Grace command now fully automatic
Crash on Windows during delete measure all staffs
Template save bugs fixed
Assign Instrument command in score with voices fixed.
New Features
Omission Criteria
A lightweight alternative to Score Layouts
A single flag turns on/off features of the score
Swing Playback
Playback with altered note durations
Use for Jazz swing and note inègales
Page Turner/Annotater
Annotate while playing from digital score
Page turn digital score from pedals
New from Current
Create a new score using the current one as template
Use for books of songs, sonatas etc to keep style uniform
Bug Fixes
Easier object edit interface
After Grace command now fully automatic
Crash on Windows during delete measure all staffs
Template save bugs fixed
Assign Instrument command in score with voices fixed.
This is a belated notice that version 2.3 has been released.
New Features
Seek Locations in Scores
Specify type of object sought
Or valid note range
Or any custom condition
Creates a clickable list of locations
Each location is removed from list once visited
Syntax highlighting in LilyPond view
Playback Start/End markers draggable
Source window navigation by page number
Page number always visible
Rapid marking of passages
Two-chord Tremolos
Allowing breaks at half-measure for whole movement
Also breaks at every beat
Passages
Mark Passages of music
Perform tasks on the marked passages
Swapping musical material with staff below implemented
Search for lost scores
Interval-based
Searches whole directory hierarchy
Works for transposed scores
Compare Scores
Index Collection of Scores
All scores below a start directory indexed
Index includes typeset incipit for music
Title, Composer, Instrumentation, Score Comment fields
Sort by composer surname
Filter by any Scheme condition
Open files by clicking on them in Index
Intelligent File Opening
Re-interprets file paths for moved file systems
Improved Score etc editor appearance
Print History
History records what part of the score was printed
Date and printer included
Improvements to Scheme Editor
Title bar shows open file
Save dialog gives help
Colors now differentiate palettes, titles etc. in main display
Swapping Display and Source positions
for switching between entering music and editing
a single keypress or MIDI command
Activate object from keyboard
Fn2 key equivalent to mouse-right click
Shift and Control right-click via Shift-Fn2 and Control-Fn2
Help via Email
Auto-translation to Spanish
Bug Fixes
Adding buttons to palettes no longer brings hidden buttons back
MIDI playback of empty measures containing non-notes
Instrument name with Ambitus clash in staff properties menu fixed
Visibility of emmentaler glyphs fixed
Update of layout on staff to voice change
Open Recent anomalies fixed
Failures to translate menu titles and palettes fixed
New Features
Seek Locations in Scores
Specify type of object sought
Or valid note range
Or any custom condition
Creates a clickable list of locations
Each location is removed from list once visited
Syntax highlighting in LilyPond view
Playback Start/End markers draggable
Source window navigation by page number
Page number always visible
Rapid marking of passages
Two-chord Tremolos
Allowing breaks at half-measure for whole movement
Also breaks at every beat
Passages
Mark Passages of music
Perform tasks on the marked passages
Swapping musical material with staff below implemented
Search for lost scores
Interval-based
Searches whole directory hierarchy
Works for transposed scores
Compare Scores
Index Collection of Scores
All scores below a start directory indexed
Index includes typeset incipit for music
Title, Composer, Instrumentation, Score Comment fields
Sort by composer surname
Filter by any Scheme condition
Open files by clicking on them in Index
Intelligent File Opening
Re-interprets file paths for moved file systems
Improved Score etc editor appearance
Print History
History records what part of the score was printed
Date and printer included
Improvements to Scheme Editor
Title bar shows open file
Save dialog gives help
Colors now differentiate palettes, titles etc. in main display
Swapping Display and Source positions
for switching between entering music and editing
a single keypress or MIDI command
Activate object from keyboard
Fn2 key equivalent to mouse-right click
Shift and Control right-click via Shift-Fn2 and Control-Fn2
Help via Email
Auto-translation to Spanish
Bug Fixes
Adding buttons to palettes no longer brings hidden buttons back
MIDI playback of empty measures containing non-notes
Instrument name with Ambitus clash in staff properties menu fixed
Visibility of emmentaler glyphs fixed
Update of layout on staff to voice change
Open Recent anomalies fixed
Failures to translate menu titles and palettes fixed
New Features
Virtual Piano Keyboard
Defaults to 8 octaves
Enter rhythm then pitches
Enter Chords via right click
Score editing key shortcuts unaffected
Touch screen ready
MIDI Simulation
PC-keyboard simulates Piano Keyboard
Enter rhythm then pitches
Octave Control
Works for entering chords too
Customize key assignments
Lyrics Improvements
Handle mis-matched quotes
Avoid accidental verse deletion
Figured Bass Enhancements
Position figures on whole notes better
Make accidentals without a figure bigger
Position accidentals before a figure better
Slur and Tie Styles
Choose from Dashed, Dotted or Solid
Support for .gz files
Open compressed files without renaming
Bug Fixes
Upgrade keeping shortcuts
Command Center searches with leading space
Binaries are labelled 0.0.0 at http://www.denemo.org/~jjbenham/gub/uploads/?C=M;O=D
New Features
Virtual Piano Keyboard
Defaults to 8 octaves
Enter rhythm then pitches
Enter Chords via right click
Score editing key shortcuts unaffected
Touch screen ready
MIDI Simulation
PC-keyboard simulates Piano Keyboard
Enter rhythm then pitches
Octave Control
Works for entering chords too
Customize key assignments
Lyrics Improvements
Handle mis-matched quotes
Avoid accidental verse deletion
Figured Bass Enhancements
Position figures on whole notes better
Make accidentals without a figure bigger
Position accidentals before a figure better
Slur and Tie Styles
Choose from Dashed, Dotted or Solid
Support for .gz files
Open compressed files without renaming
Bug Fixes
Upgrade keeping shortcuts
Command Center searches with leading space
Please test. It's linked to from the Downloads page.
GTK Upgrade
UI manager dropped
All deprecations to version 3.22 fixed
New Features
Gregorian Chant Support
Easier Mirrored Dynamics
Lyrics verses can be mirrored to other staffs
Easy selection of staffs to typeset
Improved Playback Controls
Less Cluttered Dynamics Line
Cross Voice Arpeggios
Baritone Clef support
Invoke Command Center on commands from Object Editor
Tear-off Menus
Now tear off as palettes
Keep them around, dock them, edit the tooltips…
Clearer Display
Object Position indicators only where needed
Bug Fixes
Setting playback start via button is now reliable
Playback View sometimes playing from wrong point fixed
Instability on Undo after delete of staff with lyrics
Ledger lines in display for staffs of less than 5 lines fixed
Fix display of Drum Clef
Fix positioning of graphics in display for windows
Fix Playback View for certain locales
Improved Lyrics display
Fix Lyric aligment syntax
Fix for wrong note names after octave up/down
GTK Upgrade
UI manager dropped
All deprecations to version 3.22 fixed
New Features
Gregorian Chant Support
Easier Mirrored Dynamics
Lyrics verses can be mirrored to other staffs
Easy selection of staffs to typeset
Improved Playback Controls
Less Cluttered Dynamics Line
Cross Voice Arpeggios
Baritone Clef support
Invoke Command Center on commands from Object Editor
Tear-off Menus
Now tear off as palettes
Keep them around, dock them, edit the tooltips…
Clearer Display
Object Position indicators only where needed
Bug Fixes
Setting playback start via button is now reliable
Playback View sometimes playing from wrong point fixed
Instability on Undo after delete of staff with lyrics
Ledger lines in display for staffs of less than 5 lines fixed
Fix display of Drum Clef
Fix positioning of graphics in display for windows
Fix Playback View for certain locales
Improved Lyrics display
Fix Lyric aligment syntax
New Tooltip System
Controllable Popup rate
Unaffected by Gtk changes
Preview Pane for Markup
Markup previewed as you type
Bad syntax picked up straight away
New Features
Specify total page count
Set a distinctive style for page numbers
Duplex View now shows page edges clearly
Chord Entry by MIDI keyboard without sustain pedal
Palette button creation for chord types
Reload standard palettes
Support for percent style repeats
New transposition interfaces
Comprehensive Chord Inserts palette
Mensural/Petrucci Style Palette
Conditional Behavior for Clef, Key and Time directives
Edit Book Titles with markup
Multi-line text and music
Preview Pane
Insertion of music glyphs
Insertion of Chord Symbols separated from insertion of note names
Applying effects to the selected text
Raising/Lowering of glyphs, fret diagrams etc to match text
Transcription from Source Improvements
Allow selected parts to be highlighted
Edit the masked-off sections
Reduces errors (e.g. switching to wrong part)
Polymetric Staff Support
Allow different time signatures simultaneously
Allow non-synchronous barlines
Hidden (dummy) measures
Verses at End of Music
Add further verses
Edit with preview
Multiple columns
Bug Fixes
Hide Initial clef, key, time now update print view correctly
Navigation from stale Print View fixed
InsertChord command fixed at clef change
Typeset Verses at End now copes with quotes, underscore, tildes
Fix dragging rests in Print View
Fix syllable alignment
Transpose chord root names in Display
Binary builds for testing are labelled 0.0.0 at
http://www.denemo.org/~jjbenham/gub/uploads/?C=M;O=D
new features at
http://www.denemo.org/roadmap/#Release_2014
New Features
Assign current staff to an instrument
Create Ligatures
Add staff for instrument now sets time and key signatures
Improved menu layout
Custom Templates preserved on upgrade
Direct setting of Mute/Printing status of staffs at staff start
More GUI features
Highlighting objects as the cursor hovers over them
Staff tools in Display expanded
A Movement tools button installed
Tools in Display now sensitive when hovered over
Hidden Staffs indicator now clickable
Bug Fixes
Fix Print View update when changing initial clef/timesig
Fix Print View update when using score properties dialog
Fix WYSISYG beam angle alteration
Fix display update on attaching ornaments without cursor highlighting
Fix visibility of cursor on Denemo Directives
Various fixes to undo
Handle absence of LilyPond more gracefully
Edit staff by mouse interface improved
Known Bugs
Navigation from stale Print View with selection causes problems with Default Score Layout
InsertChord command gives bad display when used after clef change
Please test versions labelled 0.0.0 at
http://www.denemo.org/~jjbenham/gub/uploads/?C=M;O=D
New Features
Assign current staff to an instrument
Create Ligatures
Add staff for instrument now sets time and key signatures
Improved menu layout
Custom Templates preserved on upgrade
Direct setting of Mute/Printing status of staffs at staff start
More GUI features
Highlighting objects as the cursor hovers over them
Staff tools in Display expanded
A Movement tools button installed
Tools in Display now sensitive when hovered over
Hidden Staffs indicator now clickable
Bug Fixes
Fix Print View update when changing initial clef/timesig
Fix Print View update when using score properties dialog
Fix WYSISYG beam angle alteration
Fix display update on attaching ornaments without cursor highlighting
Fix visibility of cursor on Denemo Directives
Various fixes to undo
Handle absence of LilyPond more gracefully
Edit staff by mouse interface improved
New features
More Conditional Settings
Apply conditions to score directives
Create duplicate directives to be used conditionally
Use for page breaks between movements, margins etc
Lyrics Pane Improvements
Save directly from verse
Navigate verses from keyboard
Hidden Staff Improvements
Now auto-show when the cursor moves on them
Can be navigated with the mouse as well as keyboard
Settings stored with score
New Commands
Create Click-Track
Auto-filled with beats
Custom fill available
Create Intro
Handles upbeat
Create Multi-Measure rests in bulk
Create Palette Buttons for Object Instantiation
Chords and Standalone Directives
Clones fingerings, string numbers, ornaments etc
Swap chord notes
Applies to doubled notes (e.g. c c or c c#)
Eases editing of the notes
Use for fingerings, string number etc
Auto-open Source File
First link opened on file open
Bug Fixes
Nth time bar numbers match font
Layout sync fixed
Undo/Redo fixed for several bugs
Please test
Download the source or use the binaries labelled 0.0.0 at
http://www.denemo.org/~jjbenham/gub/uploads
The new features are these:
More Conditional Settings
Apply conditions to score directives
Use for page breaks between movements, margins etc
Lyrics Pane Improvements
Save directly from verse
Navigate verses from keyboard
Hidden Staff Improvements
Now auto-show when the cursor moves on them
Can be navigated with the mouse as well as keyboard
Settings stored with score
New Commands
Create Click-Track
Auto-filled with beats
Custom fill available
Create Intro
Handles upbeat
Create Multi-Measure rests in bulk
Auto-open Source File
First link opened on file open
Bug Fixes
Nth time bar numbers match font
Undo/Redo fixed for several bugs
New features:
Copy and Paste
Applies to note/chord attributes
CtrlC, Ctrl-V work for these
Copied marking is highlighted
Selection changes color when copied
Improved Acoustic Feedback
Trill makes a short trill sound on entry
Copy attributes sounds
Improved Visual Feedback
Status bar notices are animated
Characters are highlighted in Lyric Verses
Directives are made more legible when cursor is on them
Cadenza Time
For un-metered music
Music can still display in “bars”
New Commands
Tuplet Positioning
Curved Tuplet Brackets
Cadenza on/off uses Cadenza Time, sets smaller note size, editable text
Notes without stems
Multi-line text annotation
Bold, Italic etc now apply to selection
A guard prevents accidental syntax collision
Updated Manual
More detail
Now indexed
Bug Fixes
Command Center search now reliable
Standalone Multi-line text with backslash editing
Pasting into measures that precede a time signature change
Binaries (labelled 0.0.0) are at
http://denemo.org/~jjbenham/gub/uploads/?C=M;O=D
The new features are:
Copy and Paste
Applies to note/chord attributes
CtrlC, Ctrl-V work for these
Copied marking is highlighted
Selection changes color when copied
Improved Acoustic Feedback
Trill makes a short trill sound on entry
Copy attributes sounds
Improved Visual Feedback
Status bar notices are animated
Characters are highlighted in Lyric Verses
Directives are made more legible when cursor is on them
Cadenza Time
For un-metered music
Music can still display in “bars”
New Commands
Tuplet Positioning
Curved Tuplet Brackets
Cadenza on/off uses Cadenza Time, sets smaller note size, editable text
Notes without stems
Multi-line text annotation
Bold, Italic etc now apply to selection
A guard prevents accidental syntax collision
Updated Manual
More detail
Now indexed
Bug Fixes
Command Center search now reliable
Standalone Multi-line text with backslash editing
Pasting into measures that precede a time signature change