On 28 April 2014 09:56, Steven Arntson <ste...@stevenarntson.com> wrote: > Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org> writes: > >> Am 27.04.2014 20:15, schrieb Steven Arntson: >>> I may be getting in over my head with this question. I'm a new user >>> of Lilypond, >>> transitioning away from Musescore. I've >>> been using Frescobaldi a bit, and am impressed with it so far. >>> >>> However, I see there's an Emacs mode available through org-babel called >>> "Arrange Mode". I'm a user of Emacs (though far from an expert!), and I >>> love the environment. >>> >>> Does anyone have familiarity with both, who could highlight a few of >>> the >>> differences? Frescobaldi has many features I doubt I'll use much (such >>> as the Quick Insert menu). Mainly what I like about it is the >>> integration of the windows--text entry, music display, lilypond >>> messages, and MIDI playback. I wonder if that could be done with a >>> dedicated Emacs instance. >> >> I don't know the Emacs mode so I won't make a recommendation (which >> would be very much biased as I'm a heavy Frescobaldi user). >> >> But what I think could be an interesting aspect for you is: If you're >> already an Emacs user you might be able to integrate LilyPond work >> well with your existing toolchains with that. > > That's definitely a consideration for me. Emacs has a mode called > org-mode that provides some conveniences for manipulating > large text files, maintaining "to do" notes, &c. I'm a writer by trade, and I > use it to organize the > text of novels. I may repost this in an Emacs forum, too, to see if > anyone's using Lilypond there. > >> >>> >>> I think I'm right that one can transpose scores in Frescobaldi? And >>> maybe not in Arrange Mode. That could be a deciding factor. >> >> I'm not completely sure what your use case is here. But in general you >> wouldn't use your editor to transpose a score as a whole (i.e. change >> all the pitches in the input file). If you want to do that you'd >> usually let LilyPond do the work for you. > > I'm new enough to this that I don't even know what functions are > supplied by Lilypond and what by Frescobaldi! But this sounds like > perhaps I could have Lilypond transpose something regardless of what > frontend I'm using. > > Most of my use at present involves adapting some songs for an instrument > that is not completely chromatic--so I'm entering the pitches as > written, and then sort of nudging it up and down until I find a key that > is playable. > > Thank you! > steven > >> >> HTH >> Urs >> >>> >>> Thank you! >>> Steven Arntson >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> lilypond-user mailing list >>> lilypond-user@gnu.org >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
There definitely is a use for Frescobaldi’s transpose feature, such as if you’re trying to find the right for something. I sometimes input music from a transposed modern edition (or my own Finale edition) of renaissance music, and transpose the note names with Frescobaldi. If you like your G-sharp in the music to be a gis in the source it’s a great feature to have. The Frescobaldi pitch and rhythm functions are also great for getting music from elsewhere (eg. musicxml2ly) into a style you feel comfortable with. Vaughan _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user