Interview with Daniel Spreadbury about his work at Steinberg
Here’s a link to an interview with Daniel Spreadbury (formerly with Sibelius and Avid, now with Steinberg) about the progress his team has been making at Steinberg. http://www.sibeliusblog.com/people/an-interview-with-daniel-spreadbury/ John Link http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johnlink http://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Is this reasonable/playable (guitar)?
The runs are playable, but in each run I would either play the final B on the open B string or omit the C in the following F chord. John Link ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Is this reasonable/playable (guitar)?
On Mar 6, 2014, at 9:53 AM, David Kastrup wrote: John Link johnl...@nyc.rr.com writes: The runs are playable, but in each run I would either play the final B on the open B string or omit the C in the following F chord. Well, the C is the target of the run so it's not really an option to omit it. Even though it's the target of the run I think it could be omitted because the melody is also a C and if it's omitted I doubt that it would be noticed. Besides, even if the C is omitted on the first beat it will sound on the second and third. With regard to playing on the open string, I've basically taken the phrasing as I would do it on a violin. But if you were going to play a chord on the violin following the run I bet you would like to have the B on an open string so that you could get your left hand ready for the chord. My answer to your original question is no if you insist on the Bs being played on the G string and the Cs following the Bs. When including a TabStaff, I don't really have the option to leave the string choice to the discretion of the player. The advantage of tab is that it shows on what string to play each note. The disadvantage of tab is that it shows only one possibility of what string to use to play each note. But I probably should at least remove the string indications in the normal Staff. I don't see any reason to keep them, since a guitarist is going to play the run as he sees fit whether or not you include the string indications. John Link http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johnlink http://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
How to become a member of this group
How does one become a member of this group? I have a friend who would like to join but I can't remember how to do so. Thanks, John Link http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johnlink http://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: [for Italian users] how to translate spanner?
How about chiave inglese? John Link___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: [for Italian users] how to translate spanner?
On Aug 23, 2012, at 8:34 PM, David Rogers wrote: On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:33:12 -0400 John Link johnl...@nyc.rr.com wrote: How about chiave inglese? In this particular context, male water sheep would do just as well, wouldn't it? grin Well, male water sheep is not Italian. Don't mind me. I had a rough rehearsal today and I'm in a weird mood, trying to make a joke with the Italian translation (via google translate) of the British meaning of spanner. John Link http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johnlink http://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Sibelius to LilyPond
On Aug 10, 2012, at 8:08 AM, Johan Vromans wrote: David Kastrup d...@gnu.org writes: That sounds like we could at least link to it. Since it requires proprietary software for running, I don't think it makes sense to host or even maintain it as part of LilyPond, but pointing to it should not be a problem. I've put the Sib2Ly tools on GitHub: https://github.com/sciurius/sib2ly.git Does Sib2Ly work on a Mac? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Turning a lilypond file into a Sibelius file
On Aug 5, 2012, at 10:23 AM, Warren Cohen wrote: I have a rather interesting problem. I need to turn a lilypond file into a Sibelius file. It seems that lilypond is not XML compatible, but is there a way to convert it that would make it easier and more accurate than converting a PDF file? Can lilypond export a midi file? John LInk http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johnlink http://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond
A few years ago I was encouraged to try LilyPond as an alternative to Sibelius because LilyPond produced more beautiful scores. I was also told that it would allow me to do things like specify that bars 25 through 32 are to be identical to bars 9 through 16 and avoid cutting and pasting from bars 9-16 into 25-32. I liked what I heard, but I was quite shocked by LilyPond's interface. I would be interested in hearing from any Sibelius users who have successfully learned LilyPond. How can I get going in LilyPond as quickly as possible? In case it's relevant, I should add that I used to program in FORTRAN and a little bit of UNIX but never in any other languages. Thanks in advance, John Link P.S. I sent the message above but I didn't receive it so I'm sending it again. I have seen messages from other users. http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johnlink http://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond
A few years ago I was encouraged to try LilyPond as an alternative to Sibelius because LilyPond produced more beautiful scores. I was also told that it would allow me to do things like specify that bars 25 through 32 are to be identical to bars 9 through 16 and avoid cutting and pasting from bars 9-16 into 25-32. I liked what I heard, but I was quite shocked by LilyPond's interface. I would be interested in hearing from any Sibelius users who have successfully learned LilyPond. How can I get going in LilyPond as quickly as possible? In case it's relevant, I should add that I used to program in FORTRAN and a little bit of UNIX but never in any other languages. Thanks in advance, John Link http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johnlink http://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
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This is the third message I've sent to the list. I did not receive the other two despite having specified in my settings that I am to receive copies of messages I send. If anyone can tell me what I need to do I would appreciate it. Thanks, John Link johnl...@nyc.rr.com http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johnlink http://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond
On Mar 12, 2012, at 9:42 AM, David Bobroff wrote: On 3/11/2012 6:39 PM, John Link wrote: A few years ago I was encouraged to try LilyPond as an alternative to Sibelius because LilyPond produced more beautiful scores. I was also told that it would allow me to do things like specify that bars 25 through 32 are to be identical to bars 9 through 16 and avoid cutting and pasting from bars 9-16 into 25-32. I liked what I heard, but I was quite shocked by LilyPond's interface. I would be interested in hearing from any Sibelius users who have successfully learned LilyPond. How can I get going in LilyPond as quickly as possible? In case it's relevant, I should add that I used to program in FORTRAN and a little bit of UNIX but never in any other languages. Thanks in advance, John Link Hi John, I can't really speak to LilyPond vs Sibelius use. On the other hand, I used to be a Finale user and I have had *very* limited contact with Sibelius. Having said that, while I'm aware of differences between Sibelius and Finale they share a major feature; namely, an interactive graphical user interface which displays your music while you work. LilyPond, as you have likely discerned, does not work that way at all. I have found that, for me at least, the learning curve for LilyPond is not terribly steep, but it's long- ish. I know just about nothing about FORTRAN aside from the fact that it's an old programming language, but I would imagine that having programming experience would be helpful. I think the main hurdle is getting used to focusing on the informational content as you input your scores and worry about output later if you need to tweak it. The idea is that LilyPond should do the actual 'engraving' for you without much intervention on your part. Hope this was useful, -David Thank you, David. What you wrote is very helpful. Here are a few more questions: 1) What is the easiest way to extract parts from a score? 2) Are there any features in Finale (or Sibelius or any other scorewriter with a GUI) that you wish you had in LilyPond? Thanks, John http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johnlink http://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond
On Mar 12, 2012, at 10:01 AM, David Bobroff wrote: On 3/12/2012 1:52 PM, John Link wrote: 1) What is the easiest way to extract parts from a score? A Zen master would reply mu (= un-ask the question). Extracting parts is a meaningless idea in LilyPond. I thought that might be the case. However, I need to supply my musicians with parts so the task is meaningful even if extracting parts is not. What you actually do is build scores. A score may consist of a full orchestral score, or a two-measure example of a melody. Have you gone through the tutorial yet? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/learning/tutorial That's really the place to start. Oh, another thing; Getting your work flow set up makes a lot of difference. While there are graphical front-ends available for LilyPond Where might I find them? I prefer straight text editing. Why is that? My preference is Emacs (on Windows or Linux). There is a file for setting up Emacs to recognize LilyPond input files which makes editing a lot easier. Things get color-coded and indents are set up, etc. 2) Are there any features in Finale (or Sibelius or any other scorewriter with a GUI) that you wish you had in LilyPond? I can't think of one. Then again, I haven't used anything but LilyPond for at least ten years. Impressive! Can you now create scores as quickly as you used to in Finale? John http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johnlink http://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
