At 04:52 AM 6/1/2004 -0400, Orlando Fiol wrote: >Hello. My name is Orlando Fiol. I am a totally blind composer/arranger >interested in using your program to write scores. is the syntax at least >sufficiently ASCII driven that I can indicate note names, registers and >rhythmic values? I figure it might be necessary to have my scores >proofread by a sightling, but how much control over the actual composition >of score elements do you think I'd have? If it turns out that I would have >great flexibility and control, how would I go about learning the notation >syntax? > >Many thanks, >Orlando
Hello Orlando, The input syntax for LilyPond is entirely ASCII. All note names, values etc. are indicated by a note name (c d e f g a b) followed immediately by a number (1 2 4 8 16 32 etc.) to indicate the value. To indicate register you can use absolute mode or relative mode. In relative mode the starting octave is indicated and then every interval is assumed to be a fourth or less unless indicated with an apostrophe/single quote for an upward interval of more than a fourth or a comma for a downward interval of more than a fourth. The input file is then processed all at once by LilyPond. If you are a touch typist you would likely be able to do most of your own input; notes and rests, for example. For output you will likely need a proofreader. LilyPond does many things very very well but it is often necessary to tweak things a bit. Hope this helps, David _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
