Re: help! need an example

[D Josiah Boothby]

There are two parts to my response: I will try to give you an outline that 
Should Work, then I will suggest that when you finally *do* finish it, you 
submit what you have to the Lilypond Snippet Repository (LSR) which can be 
found here: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/

% example code begins
\version "2.6.6" %if you're using a different version, change this

% first, i set up a few variables: one or two that include information 
% useful for all voices or staves, and then one for each voice

global = {
  % what's your key? time signature? i also sometimes use this variable
  % with skips to draw barlines and, if relevant, rehearsal marks.
}

soprano = \relative c'' {
  % insert note information for the soprano voice here
}

alto = \relative c'' {
  % insert note information for the alto voice here
}

tenor = \relative c' {
  % insert note information for the tenor voice here
}

bass = \relative c {
  % insert note information for the bass voice here.
  % also, if you have the octaves in the bass, you will have to use
  % chord syntax, so something like <f f'>4, or whatever it is.
  % if you find this chord syntax a little confusing when combined with
  % the \relative environment, try it until it works. compiling a score
  % doesn't take much time.
}

% now i start putting things together. since i personally prefer to only 
% deal with staves, not voices, in the \score block, i create a couple
% more variables

topLine = {
  \clef treble
  <<
    \soprano
    \\
    \alto
  >>
}

bottomLine = {
  \clef bass
  <<
    \tenor
    \\
    \bass
  >>
}

% now i put things together in the score block

\score {
  \context PianoStaff <<
    \context Staff = "upper" {
      << \global \topLine >>
    }
    \context Staff = "lower" {
      << \global \bottomLine >>
    }
  >>
}

% end of example

I have not tested this example, so there may be spelling errors in funny 
places, or I may have omitted points. I could have saved myself a 
significant amount of time by just giving you exactly what you asked of us 
(to notate, for you, the progression in the picture); however, if I did, I 
doubt that would have helped you understand Lilypond usage. Because the 
matter of putting things together in a logical fashion isn't necessarily 
something that is easy to figure out from reading the manual, I decided to 
give you an outline of how to put it all together. Hopefully it is 
helpful, and like I said at the beginning, I would encourage you to submit 
your final example to the LSR so that others are able to benefit from 
this.

By the way, there are a couple things you might look at: in the examples 
page in the documentation, the fugue for three voices was immensely 
helpful to me when I had to do something similar when I first started 
using Lilypond. Also, there are some templates in the main documentation 
that are quite useful.

Good luck.


On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, jango wrote:

> I'm trying to copy music using lilypond, even though I read half of the
> manual I don't understand ways of putting notes in a correct sequence :)  i
> have a piece of music, it's really short (like 12 notes). I want to ask
> somebody help me and explain how the notes sequence should look like.
>
> here is the piece pf music:
> http://img54.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled7et2.jpg
>
> thanks a lot!
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