Am 10.05.2012 16:36, schrieb joannesmith:
Thank you all for your private emails ... they have been a great
encouragement to me. I will probably end up sticking with Lilypond for all
the reasons you mentioned. It really does seem like the best option ... I
just need to hang in there long enough to get a good grip on it and be
patient with myself.
A little more specifics. I first tried to use lilypond on my Linux/Ubuntu
system and could not figure it out 'to save my life.' I am still learning
Linux, but that's a whole other issue. I ended up loading lilypond on to my
Windows system and then, through some internet searching, got Frescobaldi
and it seems they work together.
LilyPond is a command line program. If you call it it will read the file
it is given and then produces the engraved output from it.
In principle you can use any text editor to produce the text files that
LilyPond uses to do its magic on.
But there are editors who are better suited than others. The first thing
is syntax highlighting. And the second one are more specific tools that
are specialised on LilyPond and that can effectively aid you in working
with LilyPond input files. Frescobaldi is one of them.
You may want to read http://lilypond.org/easier-editing.html.
I'm ignorant as to why really but I do know
how to do html and it seems kind of like the same concept in a way? I have a
basic template that I am working off of and re-use it each time I start a
new one. If I have a hymn that seems like another one, I'll use that other
song as a template. Something I found that helps is if I keep notes of songs
that are a bit unique. And then if I run into a difficult song, I can look
at my notes and see if I've had that 'problem' before. Copying and pasting
is good.
This is the usual way you start with.
And it's exactly this what you will love with LilyPond: it will make it
possible to overcome this situation.
In an ideal world you'd have a framework of helper and score template
files, and you'd chose for any given song which one to use and then the
only thing you still have to enter is the plain music .
In an ordinary world it usually isn't as nice, but with 450 pieces you
have the chance to really go into such a direction.
Some have offered to help with questions, encouraged me to post questions
here, and also pointed me to a forum that is for lilypond users who use
shape notes. THANK YOU!! These are all such excellent resources and I'm
sure if I just keep pressing on I'll get better and better.
Maybe you could give some examples or explanations about what is
characteristic, usual, special or whatever about your hynms. Especially
interesting (and good for you to thoroughly think about in advance) are
aspects that are common to most or even all of your pieces.
You will surely get some hints about what you should take care about or
what better to avoid.
Thank you again ... I'm so glad I posted this cry for help here!
and yes, the replies (at least the numerous ones I saw) _are_ public ;-)
Best
Urs
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