Subject: Re: lilypond manual intro
Having had my share of gripes re the manuals I am now a born again supporter - they are great (not perfect) but great. I recommend that you download all the relevant manuals as pdfs to a folder withing your Lilypond data file group and use the advanced search to check through all the manuals when you want some information. As an example I noticed that \markuplines now produces an error message - one quick search for \markuplines found the changes manual which explained a rename - took about 20 seconds (mostly slow grey cell time). The notation manual is particularly good - the learning manual is fine never seen a problem with writing exclusively in absolute. Like most normal people I find relative hard to get my head round and always end up with the wrong octave somewhere or other usually ending up beyond the range of the human ear. If you import music from other programs absolute is the way to go - why is relative favoured so much? Imagine reading a printed score if it used relative notation (if that were possible). regards Peter Gentry ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Subject: Re: lilypond manual intro
Peter Gentry peter.gen...@sunscales.co.uk writes: Having had my share of gripes re the manuals I am now a born again supporter - they are great (not perfect) but great. I recommend that you download all the relevant manuals as pdfs to a folder withing your Lilypond data file group and use the advanced search to check through all the manuals when you want some information. As an example I noticed that \markuplines now produces an error message - one quick search for \markuplines found the changes manual which explained a rename - took about 20 seconds (mostly slow grey cell time). Well, it is probably hard to beat those 20 seconds, but in a pinch: you know this worked under 2.14, so slap a \version 2.14.2 on your file and run convert-ly -ed on it. Chances are that convert-ly will fix the problem or at least mention some useful thought about it. The notation manual is particularly good - the learning manual is fine never seen a problem with writing exclusively in absolute. Like most normal people I find relative hard to get my head round and always end up with the wrong octave somewhere or other usually ending up beyond the range of the human ear. If you import music from other programs absolute is the way to go - why is relative favoured so much? It's nice for mostly scale-based sequences. Imagine reading a printed score if it used relative notation (if that were possible). Staffless neumes. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Subject: Re: lilypond manual intro
Peter Gentry wrote Monday, September 10, 2012 9:28 AM Having had my share of gripes re the manuals I am now a born again supporter - they are great (not perfect) but great. Nice to be appreciated - thanks! The notation manual is particularly good - the learning manual is fine never seen a problem with writing exclusively in absolute. That's fine - absolute is there for those who prefer it. Like most normal people I find relative hard to get my head round and always end up with the wrong octave somewhere or other usually ending up beyond the range of the human ear. Well, I don't think the rest of us are abnormal. A few minutes practice for most normal people is all it takes ;) If you import music from other programs absolute is the way to go - why is relative favoured so much? For many tunes notes tend to lie quite close to the next one, so relative is quicker to type. Also, as you've noted above, a single mistake is very easy to spot. An octave mistake on a single note in polyphonic music in absolute notation could easily go unnoticed. Trevor ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Subject: Re: lilypond manual intro
- Original Message - From: Trevor Daniels t.dani...@treda.co.uk To: Peter Gentry peter.gen...@sunscales.co.uk; lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 10:11 AM Subject: Re: Subject: Re: lilypond manual intro An octave mistake on a single note in polyphonic music in absolute notation could easily go unnoticed. Not when I have to sing it! -- Phil Holmes ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
