On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Rob Canning
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hello,
i am trying to do a new version of a piece i originally made in finale
its a grid type mobile structure type score
what i need is someone to point me at the documentation that would help me make multiple musical fragments and then distribute them on a single page in a number of configurations - a grid to start with - but once i know how to make little musical snips of set dimentions and move them on the x y axis of the page should be easy from there...
there is a picture of the score i made in finale on this page about halfway down
http://www.robcanning.info/melencolia.html
i am guessing this kind of work is going to be alot easier with lilypond
i just need a pointer where to start in the docs
Hi Rob,
The NonMusicalPaperColumn grob can be quite useful for this sort of thing.
Take a look at NR 4.4.3 "Explicit staff and system positioning" and try out the X-offset and Y-offset attributes. Note that NonMusicalPaperColumn lives only in the Score context. And note that you use \override to override the grob in the \with block of the Score or in your \layout block but, strangely, if you override the grob on the fly in your note entry you must use the unusual \overrideProperty command.
Trevor.