example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

[Kieren Richard MacMillan]

Hey, y'all...

Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:

> For the tips & tricks, it is best if the each example is stripped to 
> its
> bare essentials, and only demonstrates one and only one tip or trick.

I would agree with this *to a point*.

However, for my own learning curve -- especially when I'm a newbie in 
some field -- I find it useful to see "real-world" examples, which 
almost by definition will include tens (if not hundreds) of 
tips/tricks/techniques working together towards a well-defined, 
"useful" goal. Being shown how a bolt fits into a nut is one thing; 
seeing fourteen bolt-and-nut combos combined with three pieces of 
dovetail-joined wood and a leather strap to make a portable bookcase 
can often be more instructive to many people.

Unfortunately, these "intermediate examples" are much more difficult to 
develop properly than simple "one-trick ponies" -- I know, having been 
involved in training and materials development for many years -- but 
that fact should not deter us from doing our best.

Hopefully, we (the Lilypond community) can work together to make sure 
as many different "instructive" examples as possible **of differing 
complexities** are available, so that the greatest number of learners 
can take the fullest advantage of Lilypond in the shortest period of 
time.

Onward and upward!
Kieren.