Howdy! There are lots of different ways to do this. Lilypond and the *NIX systems it runs on are very flexible...
You may learn something by wading through the files in my source directory tree for my arrangement of Goldberg Variations http://indra2.web.net/~linuxsui/gooeytar.com/public/bwv-988/0.80/ I have tried to organize the build of both a "book" and individual variations all from the same source files organized in multiple directories.... It can certainly be improved on, but it seems to work out ok.. -steve > Hi Huw > > I'm CCing lilypond-user because you'll probably get more help from there > > > 2013/4/21 Huw Richards <a...@eng.cam.ac.uk> > >> Dear All, >> >> I have been using Lilypond to transcribe various pieces of music for >> Mutopia for 2 or 3 years now, but have not yet uploaded anything to >> Mutopia. I am very happy with typing in the notes, clefs, time >> signatures etc. but I struggle to know how to produce a complete >> assembled document with page numbers, cover, text etc. >> >> As an example of what I mean, I have produced a set of six viola/ >> violin duets by Benjamin Blake. I have them as multiple files (- viola >> file, violin file, score file) for each duet. >> >> I would like to be able to combine them elegantly into a book. I >> think I may have started in the wrong way and perhaps should have >> understood more about possible file structures before I started. >> I do not understand how, or if, Lilypond can combine files together >> to produce a single output. >> >> > > Yes, you can: search \include in the documentation. \include is the same > as > pasting the content of the file in the point you use it. > You should have a good understanding of file structure. > If you can provide a minimal example or a link to the files you've > written, > we'll be able to help you. > Anyway, this is the relevant part of the documentation: > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/input-structure > > > >> Is there any way / anywhere I can get face-to-face training or help >> with this in particular and with Lilypond in general? >> >> I live in Cambridge, UK. >> > > Maybe someone from lilypond-user lives there... > > > > 2013/4/21 Huw Richards <a...@eng.cam.ac.uk> > >> Dear All, >> >> I have been using Lilypond to transcribe various pieces of music for >> Mutopia for 2 or 3 years now, but have not yet uploaded anything to >> Mutopia. I am very happy with typing in the notes, clefs, time >> signatures etc. but I struggle to know how to produce a complete >> assembled document with page numbers, cover, text etc. >> >> As an example of what I mean, I have produced a set of six viola/ >> violin duets by Benjamin Blake. I have them as multiple files (- viola >> file, violin file, score file) for each duet. >> >> I would like to be able to combine them elegantly into a book. I >> think I may have started in the wrong way and perhaps should have >> understood more about possible file structures before I started. >> I do not understand how, or if, Lilypond can combine files together >> to produce a single output. >> >> Is there any way / anywhere I can get face-to-face training or help >> with this in particular and with Lilypond in general? >> >> I live in Cambridge, UK. >> >> >> Huw Richards - a...@eng.cam.ac.uk >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mutopia-discuss mailing list >> mutopia-disc...@mutopiaproject.org >> http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/mailman/listinfo/mutopia-discuss >> > _______________________________________________ > Mutopia-discuss mailing list > mutopia-disc...@mutopiaproject.org > http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/mailman/listinfo/mutopia-discuss _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user