general question for composers

hi all, this is a general question for composers using lilypond. at what point in your process do you generally start engraving? Like most composers coming from the consumer notation softwares, I'm accustomed to working in pencil first, but not to completely separating the engraving and

best practices with tempo markings

Hi all, This one really is basic, but: a \tempo command in a large score will automatically register on each part, right? that is, if I insert the marking to change tempo in the flute part in bar 2, it will appear on every other part...so where is it advisable to put it? Thanks. Tobin

basic question regarding \drummode

Hi all, What's the best way to handle a percussion part that has a lot of pitched and un-pitched material? The part is declared with just one \DrumStaff, but then \switchInstrument seems powerless to take it out of \drummode. Seems like various workarounds are possible, but I bet someone has a

Re: compound time signature with non duple denominator

estion. I really enjoyed those Balkan dances! Tobin On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 7:50 PM, mclaren <metachroma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, the 3's indicate 3:2 broken tuplets. There seems to be some > controversy > over whether Tobin Chodos really wanted a single 3:2 eighth note at the end

automatic beams over rests?

Is there no way to set beams to go over rests globally? Thanks again - new to this list but learning a lot. Tobin ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

compound time signature with non duple denominator

Hi all, Forgive me if this is a too-easy issue for the list, but: is there a way to define a time compound time signature such as 4/4 + 1/3? That is, the measure is four quarter notes long plus one triplet eighth note. Thanks. Tobin Chodos