RE: LilyPond, Finale and Sibelius (was Review of Valentin's Opera)

[Nick Payne]

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> Behalf Of Jan Nieuwenhuizen
> Sent: Friday, 3 April 2009 19:59
> To: Andrew Hawryluk
> Cc: Laura Conrad; address@hidden; Nicolas Sceaux
> Subject: Re: LilyPond, Finale and Sibelius (was Review of Valentin's
> Opera)
> 
> ...
> That's a real interesting report!.  You note that entering chords in
> lilypond is real slow as compared to using MIDI entry.
> 
> While that's no surprise, I wonder if there's anything  that we can or
> should do about it.  Typing <> is just real awkward...
> 
Try setting guitar scores. I just did a quick count on the first page of the
BVW1004 Chaconne that I have been playing around with setting for guitar in
Lilypond, and I have 187 left-hand fingering indications, 10 right-hand
fingering indications, and 23 string number indications. A typical note
entry would be something like

<f-1\4-\RH #1 >

If only there was some way to avoid all those <>...

Nick