Absolute Beginners - Chapter One

2006-12-27 Thread Manuel
Dear LilyPonders, here is the whole first chapter one more time, with all latest corrections and suggestions incorporated. Further criticism is nevertheless encouraged. Manuel LilyPond's Beginners Guide for the Absolute Beginner (Mac OS X version) Chapter One. Open a new Li

Re: Absolute Beginners - Chapter One

2007-01-02 Thread fiëé visuëlle
Am 2006-12-28 um 02:44 schrieb Manuel: Insert double bars and repeats like this: \bar "|:" b c d e \bar ":|:" f g a b \bar ":|" Don't you think \repeat{} makes more sense? (I prefer logical over visual markup.) And last but not least in our little first beginners' chapter, we'll give y

Re: Absolute Beginners - Chapter One

2007-01-02 Thread Brett Duncan
Just a small typo: If you need, say, an eight-note anacrusis should be If you need, say, an /eighth/-note anacrusis Brett -- Brett Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest." Mark Twain ___ lily

Re: Absolute Beginners - Chapter One

2007-01-06 Thread Manuel
Am 02/01/2007 um 21:43 schrieb Brett Duncan: Just a small typo: If you need, say, an eight-note anacrusis should be If you need, say, an /eighth/-note anacrusis Of course! - Thank you. Manuel Brett -- Brett Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Always do right - this will gratify some and a

Re: Absolute Beginners - Chapter One

2007-01-08 Thread Manuel
Am 02/01/2007 um 21:21 schrieb fiëé visuëlle: Don't you think \repeat{} makes more sense? (I prefer logical over visual markup.) Henning, I don't know if that would be the simplest thing to learn at the beginning. How would you put it? I'd introduce bar checks before partials. I think

Re: Absolute Beginners - Chapter One

2007-01-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Manuel wrote: Am 02/01/2007 um 21:21 schrieb fiëé visuëlle: Don't you think \repeat{} makes more sense? (I prefer logical over visual markup.) Henning, I don't know if that would be the simplest thing to learn at the beginning. How would you put it? I think one important conceptual ide

Re: Absolute Beginners - Chapter One

2007-01-08 Thread Manuel
I think one important conceptual idea of LilyPond is that the input file is mainly used to describe the music and the structure of the music, not primarily how it should be printed on paper. Therefore, I agree with Henning that it's much better to directly learn the correct syntax for repeats in