On Sunday 24 December 2006 08:01, Manuel wrote:
> Chapter One.
>
>
> Open a new LilyPond window and write this inside:
>
>
> { c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c' ' }
>
>
> Save the file and then select "Typeset file" from the "Compile" menu.
What OS are you on? I open a Kwrite window and type "lilypond music.ly" in a
Konsole.
> You can, of course, change these and all other defaults, indeed you
> can engrave old plainchat, contemporary notation, orchestral scores,
> do MIDI files, and more. But all that lies further down the road. For
> the moment, we will teach you how to engrave a simple melody.
sp: "plainchant". Or do you mean "plainsong"?
> First, we'll give you a very useful tool to input your notes, called
> the "relative mode".
>
> In our example, we have written each note with an octave
> denomination: one apostrophe:
>
> '
>
> for the so-called "first octave", which is the octave inmediately
> above and including the central c, and two apostrophes:
sp: "immediately". "inm-" is Spanish.
In English it's called "middle C".
> To make a note one octave lower as it would otherwise appear, add a
> coma:
sp: "comma". A coma is a form of unconsciousness.
> or other, no less impotant clefs, like:
sp: "important"
> \key (name of the tonica) \(major or minor)
sp: "tonic"
> Now for the rythmic values.
sp: "rhythmic"
I think it's a great introduction!
Pierre
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