I'm a composer in the classical tradition. Sheet music is everything. And I compose directly into Lilypond. I don't have access to any instruments and don't want to lug around manuscript paper. I also don't want to spend time writing all the music out by hand and then writing it out *again* in Lilypond. Just do it once (plus all the editing, of course). It's just me and my laptop and Lilypond (and a few other things but you get the idea).
On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 9:37 PM, Vaughan McAlley <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19 Nov 2016 8:20 a.m., "Tobin Chodos" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> hi all, >> >> this is a general question for composers using lilypond. at what point in >> your process do you generally start engraving? Like most composers coming >> from the consumer notation softwares, I'm accustomed to working in pencil >> first, but not to completely separating the engraving and composition tasks. >> Curious about composer perspectives about this with lilypond. are there >> strategies for working with a lilypond file while still composing? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Tobin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> > > Like the others, I prefer to keep composing and typesetting separate. > Composing is (or should be) too difficult to be simultaneously wrestling > with any technology more complicated than a pencil (and maybe a piano). > Occasionally like Trevor i will print out a cantus firmus with blank staves, > mainly because of thinks are in canon, cf mistakes are difficult to fix! > > Listening to MIDI is essential for proofing. So many scores on the internet > have errors that one listen-through would pick up. I have a script that > finds consecutives. But in the end, once I have found the errors, I'll fix > them on paper, partly because it can be done away from the computer. > > Vaughan > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
