Actually I regard LilyPond as an engraving and not a compositing tool.
So for my compositions and arrangements I use paper and pencil, a MIDI
keyboard and a sequencer, but when I want a written copy, I transcribe it.
However, for copying it would really useful to have a graphical
interface (it is a bit hard to do the transpositions from the written
score in mind), but it need not be a full-blown graphical program, only
a note-entry tool.
Bert
César Penagos írta:
Dears Lilyponders:
I'm a very in-love user of Lilypond, actually I have installed the
2.9.26 version. I'm attend to update my preferred music score program.
For many times i sow in the user archives, people asking for a
graphical interface. I thing there is a powerful reason.
When you are "copying" a score, no matter with the instruments, or
instrument colors in your orchestral score. Every musician knows what
instrument will be the most appropriate for the voice that is
writing. As the case as the composers that can try every instrument
they want.
The very real problems comes when you want to arrange a piece; and you
need to see the balance of the instrumentation in your score. Every
body knows that the simple way is to assign the first and second
voices to the violins I and II, the third or tenor voice to the violas
and the basses to cellos and contrabass. It is Ok for very small
arrange using the strings, but when you add woods,and winds you must
be carefully what you are doing if don't want undesirable result.
If you don't take care of the balance in the use of instruments your
score will sound recharged, very dense. For this reason you have to be
alert whit your instrumentation, and I hope that in the very close
future some of the very smart people in Lilypond team takes the time
to construct an a graphical interface for your great program.
When this happens Finale, Sibelius etc, etc, etc. Will have to close
their companies, because nobody will buy their expensiveness programs.
I don't know if is the nature of the program that can't permit an
interface, but I'm taking the voice of all the people that really
needs an interface to properly works in a score.
An example would be the ABCedit editor from Prof.Coolgeem, is very
nice and usable
Please!! consider this.
Cheer's
César Penagos.
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