Re: I need training...

[Stan Sanderson]

On Jan 24, 2008, at 5:08 AM, Martin Seng Hin Yew wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> The knowledge of programming and scripting, for me, was inadequate  
> for years. I went 'C' Programming lectures at college (few years  
> ago) and only learned 10% of the 2 inch thick book (my bad...).  
> Doesn't know much to code object-oriented programming, like  
> lilypond (i think so..., please correct me if I'm wrong)
>
> So, i went through the lilypond official manual, learned something,  
> but still, not quite understand to apply stuff like \score,  
> \context, \voice etc, normal input like using \relative is okay. Do  
> i still continue reading the lilypond manual and follow the  
> chapters, or there's something external for me to study advanced  
> coding in lilypond? I love lilypond and i want to do everything  
> possible with this app!
>
> My salute to the contributors and developers, thank you guys for  
> created such an awesome magic!
>
>
> Happy but confused,
> Martin

Martin-

In addition to the excellent advice already given, I would suggest  
looking in <http://www.mutopiaproject.org/browse.html> pages for  
"practical" solutions to coding. Caution: check the LilyPond version  
number and also remember that there are often more elegant solutions!

Often confused, but also happy,

Stan