Sometimes order is significant

2015-05-25 Thread Knute Snortum
I've noticed over the months I've been using LilyPond that there are some parts of the syntax that depend on order and some that don't. For example: { c'!8 } Everything about must be in the exact order -- the note letter, the octave indicator, the force accidental, and the rhythm. Are there oth

Re: Sometimes order is significant

2015-05-25 Thread Nathan Ho
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Knute Snortum wrote: > I've noticed over the months I've been using LilyPond that there are some > parts of the syntax that depend on order and some that don't. For example: > > { c'!8 } > > Everything about must be in the exact order -- the note letter, the octa

Re: Sometimes order is significant

2015-05-25 Thread Nathan Ho
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Nathan Ho wrote: > > > This cheat sheet shows many note syntax elements in the correct order: > > http://joramberger.de/files/lilypond_sheet_2.18_en.pdf > > It seems that all the components starting with string number can be placed > in any order. > > Here's a more

Re: Sometimes order is significant

2015-05-26 Thread Knute Snortum
Thanks for the reply and the cheat sheet. Knute Snortum (via Gmail) On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Nathan Ho wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Nathan Ho > wrote: >> >> >> This cheat sheet shows many note syntax elements in the correct order: >> >> http://joramberger.de/files/lilypon

Re: Sometimes order is significant

2015-05-26 Thread Wols Lists
On 26/05/15 15:02, Knute Snortum wrote: > Thanks for the reply and the cheat sheet. > The way I look at it, is to look at the *meaning*, not the *representation*. First, you need the note, eg "C above middle C", which is c''. Next comes whether to display any accidentals, which is a property of t