Re: Please tear apart this example lead sheet template for traditional Western folk tunes

2022-02-23 Thread Valentin Petzel
Hello Tom, you accidently forwarded me the digest. Unless there is a reason not to when replying to a message please change the Subject to match the discussion, make sure to include the list to the recipients and optimally adjust the quoted body to not include the whole digest. If you’ve got

Re: Please tear apart this example lead sheet template for traditional Western folk tunes

2022-02-22 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 23/02/2022 à 02:14, Valentin Petzel a écrit : Hi Simon, note that to enable having multiple stanzas of lyrics the LY thing is not music, but a list of music. In LISP a list either the empty list '() or a pair (cons a b) where b is a list. Thus the list (a b c d) is in fact (cons a (cons b

Re: Please tear apart this example lead sheet template for traditional Western folk tunes

2022-02-22 Thread Valentin Petzel
Hi Simon, note that to enable having multiple stanzas of lyrics the LY thing is not music, but a list of music. In LISP a list either the empty list '() or a pair (cons a b) where b is a list. Thus the list (a b c d) is in fact (cons a (cons b (cons c (cons d '() or (a . (b . (c . (d .

Re: Please tear apart this example lead sheet template for traditional Western folk tunes

2022-02-22 Thread Simon Albrecht
Hi Valentin, one line in your Scheme code confused me. If you don’t mind explaining, why do you write `(,CN ,FB ,VC . ,LY) instead of (list CN FB VC LY) ? Best, Simon On 22/02/2022 09:25, Valentin Petzel wrote: Hello Tom, A good template will separate content and form. Ideally you’d be

Re: Please tear apart this example lead sheet template for traditional Western folk tunes

2022-02-22 Thread Valentin Petzel
Hello Tom, A good template will separate content and form. Ideally you’d be able to use a few templates that work so universally that you need only to define the music variables and include the template file. This would mean that changing the music and the form can be done simply. If for

Re: Please tear apart this example lead sheet template for traditional Western folk tunes

2022-02-21 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 22/02/2022 à 03:09, Tom Campbell a écrit : I am about to transcribe a bunch of older Western folk music in lead sheet form for an open source tunebook. Nice to hear that! Am trying to create a robust template so I don't have to think too much about anything other than getting the notes,

Please tear apart this example lead sheet template for traditional Western folk tunes

2022-02-21 Thread Tom Campbell
I am about to transcribe a bunch of older Western folk music in lead sheet form for an open source tunebook. Am trying to create a robust template so I don't have to think too much about anything other than getting the notes, chords, and lyrics right. You can see it below, or rendered by the