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> From: Jonas Daverio <daverio.jo...@gmail.com>
> To: lilypond-user@gnu.org
> Subject: Is lilypond suitable for big composition projects?
> That may seem like a stupid question, but I've been using LilyPond with
> Frescobaldi for a year and a half, but I start to ask myself if it is as
> efficient as if I had used another tool like Musescore.
>
> I explain: I don't have at all a powerful computer, and I think that an
> essential feature that I have to have to compose efficiently is to see what
> I've written in real-time. There is such a feature in Frescobaldi name
> "continuous engraving" (or something like that, my version is not in
> English), but on my slow computer and with a big project such as a 20-pages
> quartet or symphony, it takes at least 40 to 50 seconds to render.
>
> In addition, it would be great to hear the music out of the midi file by
> clicking on the preview (like on almost every WYSIWYG music software) but
> Frescobaldi's midi player is pretty useless for that.
>
> I'm not saying that LilyPond and Frescobaldi are bad, it's probably just
> me who don't know the right tools or the right way to use them. I'm asking
> to find a way to make my workflow more convenient to compose.
>
> Do you have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
I find that, for my scores that consist of about a dozen staves, that 32
bars or so is the largest chunk that I like to work on (for PDF, since MIDI
compilation is much faster).
I use a tag structure to switch on which segments of the piece I want to
see. It requires a bit of setup, so it is not fun to impose on something
already in existence.
For previewing MIDI, I import the MIDI file into Logic. Not an automatic
process, but not too bad.
\version "2.19.15"
melodyChorusOne = \relative { \mark "Chorus 1" c''1 1 1 1 \bar "||" }
melodyChorusTwo = \relative { \mark "Chorus 2" d''1 1 1 1 \bar "|." }
melody = {
\tag #'ChorusOne { \melodyChorusOne }
\tag #'ChorusTwo { \melodyChorusTwo }
}
harmonyChorusOne = \relative { e'1 1 1 1 }
harmonyChorusTwo = \relative { b'1 1 1 1 }
harmony = {
\tag #'ChorusOne { \harmonyChorusOne }
\tag #'ChorusTwo { \harmonyChorusTwo }
}
% Full Score
\score {
\keepWithTag #'(
% Formatting one tag per line allows you to easily comment-in/out
a segment
ChorusOne
ChorusTwo
%ChorusThree
% In case you do have differing content between PDF and MIDI,
% like fermatas, tempo changes and repeats
% you can add a tag pair PDF/MIDI to distinguish between them
PDF
) <<
\melody
\harmony
>>
\layout {}
% The MIDI version can contain a different set of segments than the PDF
\keepWithTag #'(
MIDI
ChorusOne
ChorusTwo
ChorusThree
) <<
\melody
\harmony
>>
\midi {}
}
% Just 2nd Chorus
\score {
\keepWithTag #'(
PDF
%ChorusOne
ChorusTwo
%ChorusThree
) <<
\melody
\harmony
>>
\layout {}
}
HTH,
David Elaine Alt
415 . 341 .4954 "*Confusion is
highly underrated*"
ela...@flaminghakama.com
skype: flaming_hakama
Producer ~ Composer ~ Instrumentalist
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