Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-26 Thread Urs Liska
Am 24.05.2013 23:17, schrieb Sarah k Alawami: Ok. yeah I'm trying to create a lot less work for my self especially now because if I get this job out of town I will be gone for 3 months and I want to do this as a gift. The variables and the systems idea will I think make it easier. why o why

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-26 Thread Christ van Willegen
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Wim van Dommelen m...@wimvd.nl wrote: Sorry, hobo is just the Dutch name for oboe. typo Well, as long as you don't use the Dutch name fagot for bassoon... Christ van Willegen ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-26 Thread David Kastrup
Christ van Willegen cvwille...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Wim van Dommelen m...@wimvd.nl wrote: Sorry, hobo is just the Dutch name for oboe. typo Well, as long as you don't use the Dutch name fagot for bassoon... An uncle of mine, not remembering the word for

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-26 Thread Urs Liska
Am 26.05.2013 15:12, schrieb David Kastrup: Christ van Willegen cvwille...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Wim van Dommelen m...@wimvd.nl wrote: Sorry, hobo is just the Dutch name for oboe. typo Well, as long as you don't use the Dutch name fagot for bassoon... An

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-26 Thread luis jure
on 2013-05-26 at 15:49 Urs Liska wrote: When my son was 2 1/2 he was already an enthusiastic soccer player. Once he kicked too hard and sat on his bottom. His thrilled comment: Boah, jetzt bin ich umgefallen, weil ich so stark geschissen habe (sorry, untranslatable ...) what can i say,

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-26 Thread Urs Liska
luis jure l...@internet.com.uy schrieb: on 2013-05-26 at 15:49 Urs Liska wrote: When my son was 2 1/2 he was already an enthusiastic soccer player. Once he kicked too hard and sat on his bottom. His thrilled comment: Boah, jetzt bin ich umgefallen, weil ich so stark geschissen habe

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-24 Thread Wim van Dommelen
Sorry, hobo is just the Dutch name for oboe. typo Regards, Wim. On 24 May 2013, at 00:51 , David Kastrup wrote: Wim van Dommelen m...@wimvd.nl writes: Yes, that is possible if I understand correctly what you want to do. For example you can make a set of files: - clarinet-1.ly,

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-24 Thread Wim van Dommelen
On 24 May 2013, at 03:21 , Sarah k Alawami wrote: Actually I was thinking the variables for the piano since one of the sections repeats a lot in the right hand. Will all of that still compile if I have the files's variables like that or do I need to then create a veritable for the foe

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Ok. yeah I'm trying to create a lot less work for my self especially now because if I get this job out of town I will be gone for 3 months and I want to do this as a gift. The variables and the systems idea will I think make it easier. why o why did I not do this with the last assignment?

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-23 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I was thinking of putting my variables in each file that way I can do a bit less less typing, at least in that file. will this still work in the end when I compile all files in to one score and parts for the choir and me and the pianist? Well, I won't need the score, how ever the person

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-23 Thread Wim van Dommelen
Hi Sarah, On 23 May 2013, at 19:46 , Sarah k Alawami wrote: I was thinking of putting my variables in each file each variable only *once* in a file, I presume that way I can do a bit less less typing, at least in that file. will this still work in the end when I compile all files in to

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-23 Thread David Kastrup
Wim van Dommelen m...@wimvd.nl writes: Yes, that is possible if I understand correctly what you want to do. For example you can make a set of files: - clarinet-1.ly, contains the variable with the notes and everything for clarinet 1 - hobo.ly, the variable with the notes for the hobo, etc.

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-23 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Actually I was thinking the variables for the piano since one of the sections repeats a lot in the right hand. Will all of that still compile if I have the files's variables like that or do I need to then create a veritable for the foe itself? On May 23, 2013, at 3:31 PM, Wim van Dommelen

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-21 Thread Ian Hulin
Hi wjm and list, On 17/05/13 02:26, wjm wrote: Greetings! After watching Sarah K Alawami's work on a score recently on this user-list, but not having the musical and compositional skills to make constructive remarks, and after reading the thread entitled 'stylesheet structure', it occurred to

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-18 Thread Tom Cloyd
I think this whole thread is very useful. Thanks for initiating it! And I totally agree about the value of this list for learners (and others). Of the many I subscribe to, it's always been the best, by quite a margin. t. On 05/17/2013 07:58 PM, wjm wrote: A bit of my LP background - - -

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-17 Thread wjm
Greetings Jan, You wrote:- +++ After a lot of fiddling around I came up with this schema:- That reads much like http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/tree/mutopia/Coriolan?id=60fdc53305e8628dad96b4ebea177bc6ee8d95cd what are we missing? +++ I

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-17 Thread Shevek
I do all of my composing in Lilypond, and have completed numerous large ensemble projects of significant length. I'd estimate I've written around 20,000 lines of Lilypond and Scheme code in the last two years. My preferred file structure continues to evolve, but it is basically the following:

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-17 Thread Sven Axelsson
I guess you all have looked at the scores by Nicolas Sceaux at http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/ already? They are very well structured. On 17 May 2013 09:18, Shevek s...@saultobin.com wrote: I do all of my composing in Lilypond, and have completed numerous large ensemble projects of significant

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-17 Thread Wim van Dommelen
On 17 May 2013, at 03:26 , wjm wrote: After a lot of fiddling around I came up with this schema:- I use a similar approach. This approach is well-facilitated in Frescobaldi, using the point- and-click correlation between the output pane and the relevant input

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-17 Thread Sarah k Alawami
lol. try nigh impossible if you have absolutely no knowledge of the terminal. I tried frescoboldi in the windows environment and it sucked. I think for this arrangement for now I'll have alto2.ly, alto1.ly, soprano2ly, soprano 1-1.ly and soprano1.ly then the piano part.ly or what ever it

An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-17 Thread wjm
A bit of my LP background - - - Several years ago I was asked by a local church-choir director to prepare a couple of pieces for use by other church-groups. He knew that I had used computers for preparing teaching and publication graphics of one sort or another, and that I had done a little

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-17 Thread SoundsFromSound
Jan: When I click that link, I see this: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n146067/Coriolan.jpg What am I supposed to see there? Are there examples or something? Thanks, Ben Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote wjm writes: After a lot of fiddling around I came up with this schema:-

An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-16 Thread wjm
Greetings! After watching Sarah K Alawami's work on a score recently on this user-list, but not having the musical and compositional skills to make constructive remarks, and after reading the thread entitled 'stylesheet structure', it occurred to me that an approach might be found which might

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-16 Thread Sarah k Alawami
does not sound like a bad idea. I'm gong to be working on an arrangement of oh come equal and hope to get it done by November or so. it's a surprise for a very special friend of mine who is let's say very fragile in health and I want to give it to her choir. I'm thinking of writing all the

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-16 Thread Carl Peterson
This is somewhat the approach I'm taking with my Psalter project. each selection/hymn/psalm setting has a lyric file and a tune file. Each contains variables such as poet, scripture reference,copyright, etc. that are relevant and unchanging with that file. This allows me to reuse tunes with

Re: An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

2013-05-16 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
wjm writes: After a lot of fiddling around I came up with this schema:- That reads much like http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/tree/mutopia/Coriolan?id=60fdc53305e8628dad96b4ebea177bc6ee8d95cd what are we missing? Greetings, Jan -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen jann...@gnu.org | GNU