Dearest Lilypond mailing list:
Hello. Although I've had lilypond installed since June of 2006, I have not
tried to put anything substantial in there. However, after having to put
together a nice set of good-looking scores of my own composition for
percussion, I've concluded the following: FINALE is awful, and SIBELIUS is
awful, but not as awful as Finale.
Although I was quite reluctant about using lilypond at first, I have noticed
that it's actually much MUCH clearer in regards to input than either of the
programs mentioned above. At the same time, I've found it to be quite
unwieldy when it comes to a few other things, and I sure could use some
help. We'll begin with the very first measure of my piece for solo
glockenspiel:
\time 3/4
r8\mp cis8-> gis''8. cis,,16 b''4->
If you were to input the following into Lilypond, you would find that it
automatically beams the C#3 along with the dotted G#. The idea is to use a
single eighth-note notation for the very first note (cis8->) and beamed
[gis''8. cis,,16] with a lone quarter-note B at the end. I tried [cis8->]
only to find out that it doesn't like this at all.
The second measure features a similar problem, though I'm including this
only due to /relative call in the code. I'd like to ask you an odd question
about measure 4:
\relative{
\time 3/4
r8\mp cis8-> gis''8. cis,,16 b''4->
r8 cis,,8 cis8 gis''8-> ~ gis16 cis,,16 b''8->
gis4 r8. cis,,16-- c''16 b16-> cis,8-> ~
cis8 cis,8-- <cis' gis'>8.-> <c gis'>16-> ~ <c gis'>8 cis,16-- cis16--
}
Interestingly enough, Finale, Sibelius, -and- Lilypond have issues with the
fourth measure, and none want to display the accidental on the note
prior-to-last (C#). Prior to C#, we have a clearly marked C(natural) as can
be seen here: {<cis' gis'>8.-> <c gis'>16-> ~ <c gis'>8} , yet despite
having {cis,16} Lilypond/Finale/Sibeluis draw C-natural, despite needing C#.
The last comment I wish to make is that the automatic beaming of the last
line is not as pretty on the eyes as it could be: the stems of the two
bottom C#s need to be longer, and I'd appreciate any comments regarding this
from anyone...
Sincerely,
Ilya Y. Rostovtsev.
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