Re: New User

[Stan Mulder]

Melanie Grouse wrote:
> I'm not sure if I doing this right, or even if this is the right forum 
> for me, - I have just started using Lilypond to transpose music for my 
> son who is a trumpeter so he can play in church. 
>  
> I feel like I am blundering around in the dark, I haven't ever used a 
> progam like this before, and while I have got it working, I know it is 
> capable of a lot more.  I want to add lyrics to the single line of 
> music, and I can't work that out.

Melanie and group,

Here's what I do, and I use Linux: I use a graphical program to input 
the general notation. Then I export that info to a Lilypond music file. 
Then I can tweak the music with a text editor until I get it they way I 
want it. The point is that a graphical front end program makes writing 
Lilypond code easier.

What would be helpful to new users is to point out a list of notation 
programs they could use which will export Lilypond code. Does anybody 
have that link? In Linux I'm using Noteedit. It's not perfect, but it 
provides a great start. There's Rosegarden and Denemo as well.

Stan