2007/8/23, Jack Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If you wish to take a look at my songbook, go to > www.jack-cooper.com/songbook and enter "guest" and "guest" > as the userid and password. The songbook file is called > lop_songbook.pdf.
Hi Jack, I took the liberty to download and look at your songbook, and just wanted to share a few questions that occured to me while reading it: -first of all, many kudos for your work; you wanted something that looked professionnal and it does indeed. I particularly like the font you use (though maybe the capital "S" is a bit too condensed): what' its name? is it free? -you seem to mix up free and non-free software in your introduction, which can be okay as long as you specify the difference: LilyPond is indeed open-source, but Adobe isn't (however there are opensource alternatives, maybe worth to mention), and OpenOffice is hardly "a freeware version of Microsoft Office"... This is a detail, but this kind of details makes such projects as LilyPond particularly valuable, in my opinion. -you're right to mention the "lilypond.org" website in your introduction, but the footer (or copyright) field you use in the scores mentions "lilypond.com", which belongs to Campbell Industrial Supplies. I've nothing wrong with giving them some PR help, but maybe this wasn't on purpose :) -the engraving looks definitely great -- no wonder: simply genuine LilyPond :) -- just one little detail though: when you have to enter empty measures, maybe you'd better use R1 instead of r1, so you can have nice centered rests (yours are always left-aligned). Similarly, if you enter your chords diagrams as a separate voice, you don't have to split rests, like in the first line of "Put It Right". I see that you aim to make the rhythm of the chord changes as clear as possible, but I've never seen it affect the rests in the vocal line. -I think developing LilyPond-made songbooks is definitely a great idea, and I hope many people will eventually be interested in supporting your project. You do not mention, as far as I can see, the source files of the scores you typeset: maybe it would be cool to mention their existence, and possibly their licensing, if you plan to let them available online, or send them upon request, etc. Really a nice project. It's a pity you don't do contemporary orchestral music, I definitely could use a copyist :) Best Regards, Valentin _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
