I think amongst those who use notation software with somewhat professional intent, some manner of keystroke entry is key and certainly key to efficiency. Point and click entry is too slow and too toy-like.
Eugene ----- Original Message ----- From: alexander <voka...@verizon.net> Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009 8:33 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: Staff notation software - views? To: hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: 'Lute Dmth' <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>, "Eugene C. Braig IV" <brai...@osu.edu> > If saving the time is at issue, by all means - computer way. I > used pen (actually - pencil - much faster) - paper - copier for > years and years. To produce a one average 12 stave page simple > part with a fair number of 16ths than someone else besides self > will be able to read took about 30 minutes. Then i tried a few > programs, and went by reducing the time needed, with results > improved. The same part on Lilypond takes me now under 5 minutes > (no bluffing here, - i have set the keyboard with note names > under left fingers and values in the right, and have templates > for every possible set-up prepared, just enter the notes). The > learning curve (though the improvement never actually stops) to > produce the very first good part, was about two - three hours. > The advantages are: an immediate redesign of number of pages, > sizes, line breaks, bars- no bar lines, ad intinitum, and > the whole library of music on a flash drive. Now i just keep a > printer in the rehearsal room, and no one complains about my > handwriting!alexander > > > On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:43:43 +0000 (GMT) > Martyn Hodgson <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > Thank you Eugene, > > > > I use pen and paper copies now but, since so > many collegues seem to be > > producing computer set parts these days, > thought that using the > > appropriate software might not be as time > consuming as I feared (I > > can't quite believe that it takes less time > to enter a note via a > > keyboard than by writing it). I might > stick to photocopied MS > > parts........ > > > > Martyn > > --- On Fri, 13/2/09, Eugene C. Braig IV > <brai...@osu.edu> wrote: > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
