Re: Is lilypond suitable for big composition projects?

I have been using Lilypond + Frescobaldi for all my compositions for the last 8 years or so, including jazz, chamber music, and a symphony. The symphony is currently at 120 pages, and will probably end up around 170 pages. I certainly don't rely on continuous engraving — for one thing, if I'm

Re: Is lilypond suitable for big composition projects?

On 23 March 2018 at 03:24, Stefano Troncaro wrote: > Hi Jonas, > > If every compilation is taking that long, maybe you are compiling several > movements each time? In case you are, you can comment out the parts of the > music that you are not working with to make the

Re: Is lilypond suitable for big composition projects?

On 3/22/2018 10:35 AM, Jonas Daverio wrote: I've been using LilyPond with Frescobaldi for a year and a half, but I start to ask myself if it is as efficient as if I had used another tool like Musescore. The Musescore features that show and play notes as they are entered are very nice. I can

Re: Is lilypond suitable for big composition projects?

Am 22.03.2018 um 16:35 schrieb Jonas Daverio: That may seem like a stupid question, but I've been using LilyPond with Frescobaldi for a year and a half, but I start to ask myself if it is as efficient as if I had used another tool like Musescore. My answer tends to be "no". While I usually

Re: Is lilypond suitable for big composition projects?

Am 22.03.2018 um 17:31 schrieb jtruc34: Yes, I'm already using the trick \set Score.skipTypesetting = ##f, but it is not so convenient. You could look into these two packages: https://github.com/openlilylib/partial-compilation (which is unfortunately totally undocumented, but you can have a

Re: Is lilypond suitable for big composition projects?

Stefano Troncaro wrote > Hi Jonas, > > If every compilation is taking that long, maybe you are compiling several > movements each time? In case you are, you can comment out the parts of the > music that you are not working with to make the whole thing more agile, I > do this with multi-movement

Re: Is lilypond suitable for big composition projects?

Jonas Daverio writes: > That may seem like a stupid question, but I've been using LilyPond with > Frescobaldi for a year and a half, but I start to ask myself if it is as > efficient as if I had used another tool like Musescore. > > I explain: I don't have at all a

Re: Is lilypond suitable for big composition projects?

In my opinion, Lilypond is excellent for writing sheet music, but not very good for composing. I usually use MuseScore or Qtractor for composing, then (manually) convert it to Lilypond to make sheet music. On 03/22/18 16:35, Jonas Daverio wrote: > That may seem like a stupid question, but I've

Re: Is lilypond suitable for big composition projects?

Hi Jonas, If every compilation is taking that long, maybe you are compiling several movements each time? In case you are, you can comment out the parts of the music that you are not working with to make the whole thing more agile, I do this with multi-movement works. Unfortunately I can't offer

Re: Is lilypond suitable for big composition projects?

Composition tactics are a very individual to a persons habits and skill sets. I use LilyPond for composing intermittently. If it is in my head and needs to be set down it is useful. If I am actively trying to work something out; I work with paper and pencil or pen, as nothing beats that for

Is lilypond suitable for big composition projects?

That may seem like a stupid question, but I've been using LilyPond with Frescobaldi for a year and a half, but I start to ask myself if it is as efficient as if I had used another tool like Musescore. I explain: I don't have at all a powerful computer, and I think that an essential feature that I