On Saturday 26 November 2005 08.13, Anthony Bargnesi wrote:
Hello Lilypond developers,
This is the first I am hearing of lilypond. Recently it was mentioned in
linux journal and I was curious if this could be used for a project I want
to do. I want to create an application to produce scores for turntablists
based on the Turntablist Transcription
Method<http://www.battlesounds.com/ttm/>.
This would require all new graphics for the different types of turntable
scratches and mixing techniques. Since I am new to the development of
lilypond could someone point me to resources or state how I can go about
adding code for new graphics?
Is it possible to create a score containing both a turntable staff and a
"conventional" staff? In this case, it could be sensible to add turntable
support for lilypond.
To me, there seems to be one problem: It seems that this turntable notation is
a strictly proportional notation; i.e., the width on paper of a bar is always
proportional to the time it takes to play it (or, in other words, the
horizontal gap between two 16th beats is always equal within one system).
Lilypond has some support for proportional notation, but the program's
algorithms are highly optimised for non-proportional notation (as this is how
most music conventionally is notated).