Lilypond user community:
I started to use lilypond window (XP)
version 2.13. ( I am a newbie to lilyPond). The following is lilypond
text file I managed to compose. I have question ato ask for assistance.
1. How can I create two voices for pianoRHMusic and pianoLHMusic?
I want to generate piano accompainment not just repeat soprano/alto tenor/bass.
2. the speed of generated midi file is very slow. How can I adjust it?
I try to put \midi { \tempo 4=120 } but I got the following error::
C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/LILY_POND/la-men.ly:99:8: error: syntax error,
unexpected \tempo
\midi {
\tempo 4=120 }
3. How can I just generate soprano or tenor midi for practice singing?
4. How can I combine soprano and alto into one treble clef staff?
5. Is there any window version for mup2ly?
I have many mup score text files. I like to convert it to lilypond text file.
The learning curve for lilypond is hard. In times, I might like it.
The reason I try to switch from mup to lilypond is because mup cannot
generate Chinese character lyrics, but lilypond can. A must for me.
Currently I do cut and past after the score sheet and then enter chinese
character separately in words.
6. From a sample lilyPond demo file, where does the "Music engraving by lilyPond 2.12.3 -- www.lilypond.org" generated?
Thanks,
Lyndon
Sample lilypond text file
\header {
title = "A-men : 阿 們 頌 "
enteredby="ymingT"
maintainer="address@hidden"
texidoc = "
heavily mutilated Edition Peters Morgenlied by Schubert"
}
\version "2.12.0"
ignoreMelisma = \set ignoreMelismata = ##t
ignoreMelismaOff = \unset ignoreMelismata
#(set-global-staff-size 21)
\paper {
%#(set-global-staff-size (* 5.8 mm))
indent = #(* mm 4)
line-width = #(* mm 140)
interscoreline = 2.\mm
between-system-space = 15\mm
ragged-bottom = ##t
}
#(set-global-staff-size 17)
\paper {
indent = 3.0\cm
short-indent = 1.5\cm
}
sopranoMusic = \relative c' { \key f \major a'1 g2. r4 bes1 a2. r4 c2( bes4 g f2 e )f1 f ~ f f
}
%sopranoLyrics = \lyricmode { A- men a- men a- men a- men }
firstVerse = \lyricmode { \set stanza = " " A- men a- men a- men a- men }
secondVerse = \lyricmode { \set stanza = " " 阿 們 阿 們 阿_ 們 阿 們 }
altoIMusic = \relative c' { \key f \major f1 e2. r4 e1 f2. r4 f2( d2 c1 )c1 d1( des) c1 }
altoILyrics = \lyricmode { A- men a- men a- men a- men }
altoIIMusic = \relative c' { \key c \major c1 d }
altoIILyrics = \lyricmode { A -- two }
tenorMusic = \relative c { \clef "bass" \key f \major c1 c2. r4 c1 c2. r4 f,2 ( g4 bes4 a2 g2 )a1 bes1 ~ bes1 a1 }
tenorLyrics = \lyricmode { A- men a- men a- men a- men }
bassMusic = \relative c { \clef "bass" \key f \major f1 c2. r4 c'1 c2. r4 a,2 ( bes2 c1 )f1 bes,1 ~ bes1 f1 }
bassLyrics = \lyricmode { " " "" a- men a- men a- men }
pianoRHMusic = \relative c' { \key f \major a'1 g2. r4 bes1 a2. r4 c2( bes4 g f2 e )f1 f ~ f f
}
pianoLHMusic = \relative c { \key f \major c1 c2. r4 c1 c2. r4 f,2 ( g4 bes4 a2 g2 )a1 bes1 ~ bes1 a1 }
\score {
\new GrandStaff = "GrandStaff_score" << %1
\new ChoirStaff = "ChoirStaff_choir" << %7
\new Staff = "Staff_soprano" {
\set Staff.instrumentName = #" "
\new Voice = "soprano"
\sopranoMusic
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "soprano" { \firstVerse }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "soprano" { \secondVerse }
\new GrandStaff = "GrandStaff_altos" \with { \accepts Lyrics } <<
%8
\new Staff = "Staff_altoI" {
\set Staff.instrumentName = #" "
\new Voice = "altoI"
\altoIMusic
}
% \new Lyrics \lyricsto "altoI" { \altoILyrics }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "altoI" { \firstVerse }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "altoI" { \secondVerse }
>> %8
\new Staff = "Staff_tenor" {
\set Staff.instrumentName = #" "
\clef "treble_8"
\new Voice = "tenor"
\tenorMusic
}
% \new Lyrics \lyricsto "tenor" { \tenorLyrics }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "tenor" { \firstVerse }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "tenor" { \secondVerse }
\new Staff = "Staff_bass" {
\set Staff.instrumentName = #" "
\new Voice = "bass"
\bassMusic
}
% \new Lyrics \lyricsto "bass" { \bassLyrics }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "bass" { \firstVerse }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "bass" { \secondVerse }
>> %7
\new PianoStaff << %6
\set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #" "
\new Staff { \pianoRHMusic }
\new Staff {
\clef bass
\pianoLHMusic
}
>> %6
>> %1
\layout { }
\midi { }
}