Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-14 Thread Richard Shann
On Mon, 2016-03-14 at 12:11 +0100, Menu Jacques wrote: > Hello Richard, > > Thanks for your answer. > > If I understand well, backup and forward MusicXML elements change the current > 'position' in a voice along the way. > > Why is it difficult to handle that properly? because it depends on

Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-14 Thread Menu Jacques
Hello Richard, Thanks for your answer. If I understand well, backup and forward MusicXML elements change the current 'position' in a voice along the way. Why is it difficult to handle that properly? JM > Le 14 mars 2016 à 11:28, Richard Shann a écrit : > > On Mon,

Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-14 Thread Richard Shann
On Mon, 2016-03-14 at 11:08 +0100, Menu Jacques wrote: > Hello, > > > Le 6 mars 2016 à 16:07, Richard Shann a écrit : > > > > It indeed should be able, but MusicXML isn't well adapted to the task: > > note durations are indicated in multiple ways and there is a timer

Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-14 Thread Menu Jacques
Hello, > Le 6 mars 2016 à 16:07, Richard Shann a écrit : > > It indeed should be able, but MusicXML isn't well adapted to the task: > note durations are indicated in multiple ways and there is a timer that > can move backwards to indicate notes that are to be sounded at

Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-06 Thread Noeck
Hi Stan, *Frescobaldi* etc. have been mentioned. It helps a lot and snippets can ease the workflow. When I find midi files, I often (60% of the cases) do this to save me from entering all music again: *midi2ly* + a lot of search for durations etc. + serious rewriting of anything that is beyond

Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-06 Thread Richard Shann
On Sun, 2016-03-06 at 07:46 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 06 Mar 2016 at 12:06:51 (+), Richard Shann wrote: > > On Sun, 2016-03-06 at 09:43 +0100, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > > > On Sun, 6 Mar 2016, Stan Mulder wrote: > > > > > > > Just wondering how to achieve the best output with

Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-06 Thread Richard Shann
On Sun, 2016-03-06 at 15:12 +0100, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > > On Sun, 6 Mar 2016, Richard Shann wrote: > > > Although Denemo is a GUI it can be set up to let you type in music using > > pretty much the same keystrokes as with a text editor typing LilyPond > > syntax. > > I have heard many

Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-06 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Sun, 6 Mar 2016, David Wright wrote: Putting this interpretation on the OP, I omitted one of my methods which is not a supporting _program_, but none the less a great accelerator. I would like to add: IMO the biggest speed accelerator is creating lots and lots of different scores with

Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-06 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Sun, 6 Mar 2016, Richard Shann wrote: Although Denemo is a GUI it can be set up to let you type in music using pretty much the same keystrokes as with a text editor typing LilyPond syntax. I have heard many positive things about the power of Denemo. But everytime I decided to give it a

Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-06 Thread David Wright
On Sun 06 Mar 2016 at 12:06:51 (+), Richard Shann wrote: > On Sun, 2016-03-06 at 09:43 +0100, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > > On Sun, 6 Mar 2016, Stan Mulder wrote: > > > > > Just wondering how to achieve the best output with supporting programs > > > when > > > working with Lilypond. I find

Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-06 Thread Richard Shann
On Sun, 2016-03-06 at 09:43 +0100, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > > On Sun, 6 Mar 2016, Stan Mulder wrote: > > > Just wondering how to achieve the best output with supporting programs when > > working with Lilypond. I find Frescobaldi a huge leap forward in using > > Lilypond. Frescobaldi increases

Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-06 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Sun, 6 Mar 2016, Stan Mulder wrote: Just wondering how to achieve the best output with supporting programs when working with Lilypond. I find Frescobaldi a huge leap forward in using Lilypond. Frescobaldi increases productivity many times. Are there any other programs I should be using to

Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-05 Thread David Wright
On Sun 06 Mar 2016 at 00:58:55 (+), Stan Mulder wrote: > Just wondering how to achieve the best output with supporting programs when > working with Lilypond. I find Frescobaldi a huge leap forward in using > Lilypond. Frescobaldi increases productivity many times. > > Are there any other

Best support programs for Lilypond

2016-03-05 Thread Stan Mulder
Just wondering how to achieve the best output with supporting programs when working with Lilypond. I find Frescobaldi a huge leap forward in using Lilypond. Frescobaldi increases productivity many times. Are there any other programs I should be using to speed the notation process?