Re: Newbie needs help - how to set beats for midi output

[James]

Hello,

I will try to answer some of your questions.

On 17/08/2010 11:16, MING TSANG wrote:
> 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 }

See: 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation-big-page#midi-block

> 4. How can I combine soprano and alto into one treble clef staff?

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation-big-page#simultaneous-notes

> 6. From a sample lilyPond demo file, where does the "Music engraving by
> lilyPond 2.12.3 -- www.lilypond.org <http://www.lilypond.org/>" generated?

See: 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation-big-page#creating-titles

Specifically this is 'tagline'.

Sorry I cannot answer the other questions.

James