99% of my Lilypond activities are similar, so I have created a template that I use when I do a New document, and at that point, I'm left to fill in titles, tempos and then write music and chords. Yeah, the first doc is hard, but once you figure stuff out, it works like a charm. My template is attached and I use it to produce alto/bari sax parts from trumpet/tenor-sax parts: I type in the tenor and it produces a new tenor part and an alto/bari part, each in its own PDF. I'm sure it has flaws, but it works very well for me.
I tend to use "bes" for B-flat and didn't even know that "bf" was available. Same for "cis" for C#. Maybe I've learned something? I think Frescobaldi is almost essential in productive Lilypond...being able to engrave/compile at the touch of a button to refresh your views is key. The guy in the video seems confused between ties, slurs and phrasing. I use ~ to do ties and ( ) to do slurs and \( \) to do large phrasing. Its in the docs, but he seems to have missed it, just as I first did. With that said, I'm a programmer, so the syntax doesn't bother me. Some of the structural things were a little obtuse, but being able to cut a score into individual includes just made a whole lot of sense, so that your main score is a "macro" document that just calls the others. The *only* thing I have yet to accomplish with Lilypond are jazz falls and lip-ups. I'm sure they're possible, but doing it manually is prohibitive. On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM Gilles Sadowski <gillese...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > > Le mar. 23 sept. 2025 à 18:19, Yoshiaki Onishi <i...@yoshionishi.com> a > écrit : > > > > >> Am 23.09.25 um 13:59 schrieb Simon Albrecht: > > >> > > >> I’m sure this is interesting for a lot of you: A certain Peter Frise > has covered LilyPond in a series comparing different Finale alternatives, > and shared a very sympathetic experience checking it out. > > >> LilyPond - A Surprisingly Fun TEXT-BASED Way To Write Sheet Music > (2025/08/30)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_rYpAlJpqI > > >> (20-minute video) > > >> > > >> > > >> I’ve already given two comments on the video recommending further > resources and techniques from my perspective. > > > If only half of the commenters who said they want to try it follow up, > we’ll get an influx of new users. > > > > > > Hraban > > > > > > > I watched the video, and I agree with Simon that the final score Steve > gave was too harsh. > > > > [...] > > > > Also for the newcomers, I think the accessibility is a consideration. By > “accessibility,” I mean how easy it may be to get started with LilyPond. I > reckon many of the potential users may feel intimidated by the nature of > the program without even touching it. > > The 6.5/10 mark certainly does not correspond to what can be achieved > easily. > In fact, after highlighting the difference in paradigm, the presentation > should have focused on how to fill (not even tweak) existing templates > in order to achieve impressive results, rather than focus on a trial and > error approach, or on the necessity to read a "large" amount of > documentation. > > Regards, > Gilles > > > As I teach at a higher ed institution in the US, I use LilyPond > regularly now to show examples to students, or when I create a worksheet in > tandem with LaTeX. I don’t impose on students any specific notation > software programs so long as the software program accomplishes what they > want to achieve at the professional level. But hopefully there comes a day > where I can help more students get started with LilyPond (that said, there > have been a few, but I hope the number increases). > > > > Lots to think about! > > Yoshi > > -- *Jeff Kopmanis* Medium: https://kopmanis.medium.com GLAAC: https://www.glaac.org/ University Lowbrow Astronomers: https://lowbrows.club Orange Can Astronomy: https://www.facebook.com/orangecanastronomy/ ** Go Green and leave this email on the Screen! **
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