On 15 November 2010 06:00, Paul Thompson <pat...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Thanks. After going thru the manual and the intro section, I have a > good idea about lilypond (plus I am an old LaTeX user, which helps).
Please reply to all. So that people on the mailing list receive your message too and could answer as well. > There are two things that I remain confused about: > > 1) Is there a general guide to putting multiple modifiers on a note? > For instance, a note that is flatted, raised an octave, specified as > quarter note, and the first note in a stave. What order is used in > this kind of multiple specification? OK, let's try to answer in order. 1. the first note in a stave -> use \new Staff { to create a new staff. 2. a note that is flatted -> if you use LilyPond default note name, you should add "es" as a suffix to the note name. Ex: bes for b flat. But you can also use other note names (english for instance). See NR 1.1.1 Writing pitches > Note names in other languages http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Writing-pitches.html#Note-names-in-other-languages 3. raised an octave -> I recommend using "Relative octave entry" http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Writing-pitches.html#Relative-octave-entry Use a single quote ' (or apostrophe) to raise a pitch by an extra octave, relative to the pitch calculated without an octave mark. 4. specified as quarter note -> add the number 4 after the note name. To summarize \score { << % if you want to input ‘simultaneous’ staves \new Staff { \relative c' { % use relative octave entry bes4 c d ees | f g a bes | \bar "||" \time 3/2 \key bes \major bes,2 bes' bes' | bes, bes,1 \bar "|." % end bar line } % end \relative } % end Staff >> } % end \score > 2) All of these multiple specifications (\Stem \Score \Book etc) can > be used. Is there a general cheat-sheet to which is used for which > thing, and in what order? \Stem ? I suppose you meant \new Staff ... Well, have you read the learning manual? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/index.html As said in the description, it's a a “must-read” gentle introduction to LilyPond. :) There are some templates at the end. http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Templates.html There is also a "cheat-sheet" at the end of the notation manual (more complete than the learning manual, containing almost everything a user could want). http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Cheat-sheet.html Cheers, Xavier -- Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user