Re: example files (was Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions)

2004-01-15 Thread donald_j_axel
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:06:30 -0500 Kieren Richard MacMillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, for my own learning curve -- especially when I'm a newbie in some field -- I find it useful to see real-world examples, which almost by definition will include tens (if not hundreds) of

Re: example files (was Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions)

2004-01-14 Thread Nick Busigin
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: Mutopia can be very helpful, but there are problems with the files there as examples: 1. It is not clear before download what version of lilypond was used to create a file. There is a very nice footer at the bottom of

Re: example files (was Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions)

2004-01-14 Thread Chris Sawer
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] David Raleigh Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Mutopia can be very helpful, but there are problems with the files there as examples: 1. It is not clear before download what version of lilypond was used to create a file. There is a very nice

Re: example files (was Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions)

2004-01-14 Thread Stan Sanderson
On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at 07:14 AM, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 17:30, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: Nick: Kieren, what you are suggesting definitely makes sense. The more examples the better, especially if they are written in a style and with comments

Re: example files (was Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions)

2004-01-14 Thread John Williams
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: Mutopia can be very helpful, but there are problems with the files there as examples: 4. Last, there is some questionable notation here and there. There is a great need for constructive criticism, and I don't feel that it would be

Re: example files (was Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions)

2004-01-13 Thread Nick Busigin
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: almost by definition will include tens (if not hundreds) of tips/tricks/techniques working together towards a well-defined, useful goal. Being shown how a bolt fits into a nut is one thing; seeing fourteen

Re: example files (was Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions)

2004-01-13 Thread Nick Busigin
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: What makes sense to me (and, perhaps, no one else?) is a dozen or more standard examples -- like the Satie and Schumann pieces, but widely ranging in purposes, and intentionally developed as teaching/learning aids -- used as step-by-step

example files (was Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions)

2004-01-12 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
Hey, y'all... Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: For the tips tricks, it is best if the each example is stripped to its bare essentials, and only demonstrates one and only one tip or trick. I would agree with this *to a point*. However, for my own learning curve -- especially when I'm a newbie in some