On Mar 12, 2012, at 10:01 AM, David Bobroff wrote:
On 3/12/2012 1:52 PM, John Link wrote:
1) What is the easiest way to extract parts from a score?
A Zen master would reply "mu" (= un-ask the question).
"Extracting" parts is a meaningless idea in LilyPond.
I thought that might be the case. However, I need to supply my
musicians with parts so the task is meaningful even if extracting
parts is not.
What you actually do is build scores. A score may consist of a
full orchestral score, or a two-measure example of a melody. Have
you gone through the tutorial yet?
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/learning/tutorial
That's really the place to start. Oh, another thing; Getting your
work flow set up makes a lot of difference. While there are
graphical front-ends available for LilyPond
Where might I find them?
I prefer straight text editing.
Why is that?
My preference is Emacs (on Windows or Linux). There is a file
for setting up Emacs to recognize LilyPond input files which makes
editing a lot easier. Things get color-coded and indents are set
up, etc.
2) Are there any features in Finale (or Sibelius or any other
scorewriter with a GUI) that you wish you had in LilyPond?
I can't think of one. Then again, I haven't used anything but
LilyPond for at least ten years.
Impressive! Can you now create scores as quickly as you used to in
Finale?
John
http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johnlink
http://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject
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