---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: bruys . <noten...@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 11:00 AM Subject: Re: Beyond bars, book by Elaine Gould To: flup2 <phili...@philmassart.net>
Dear Philippe, Behind Bars is published by Faber Music (Elaine Gould is an editor with Faber), so it is more likely to be available with a print music supplier than a book shop. I just happened to find it on the internet, and it made me interested in really getting to grips with Lilypond. I haven't read Kurt Stone, but I have read Gardner Read. In comparison to Gardner Read, I'd say Elaine Gould is more precise about type-setting details. For instance, she seems to spend more time on alignment of various figures, whereas Read concentrates more on the notation alone. For instance, for brackets over a triplet, she shows them going from the edge of the notehead; whereas Read shows them going from the middle of the notehead or from the stem of a beamed group. Elaine Gould is explicit about placement, Gardner Read not. It is a more recent book, so it has the benefit of hind-sight. Her perspective is one of an editor who needs to point out corrections to the way of music has been set, whereas Gardner Read is more from the perspective of a composer who needs to pick the most effective way of writing music (one that performers will understand). I definitely recommend this book, to anyone interested in the subject. Regards, bruys On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 4:54 PM, flup2 <phili...@philmassart.net> wrote: > > Hello, > > In a recent message, I discovered the reference to Elaine Gould's book > "Beyond Bars". I never read about it before (I only knew Gardner Read and > Kurt Stone books) and would like to know more about it from people who own > and use it. > > Is it more complete than Read and Stone, are some aspects different from > rules followed by Lilypond ? > > In other words, is that book interesting when owning one of its predecessors > ? > > Thanks, > > Philippe > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Beyond-bars%2C-book-by-Elaine-Gould-tp31301350p31301350.html > Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
