Re: High-level users?

[Janek Warchoł]

2011/9/22 Seth Williamson <address@hidden>:
> I use LilyPond at a relatively low level.  Mostly just to re-write single
> parts, change clefs, transpose, etc.
> A friend of mine, however, is a much-published composer who has written for
> film, TV, high school and college bands, jazz charts, etc.  We got to
> talking about various notation software because he mentioned he was having a
> problem with Sibelius.  I regaled him with the horrific problems I
> personally had with a completely legal copy of Sibelius when I got a new
> computer -- the code refused to believe it was legal thereafter.
> I have been recommending he give LilyPond a try.  But I've never used
> LilyPond at the high level he works in.
> My question is this: are there many working professional composers and
> arrangers who rely on LilyPond as their first choice for notation software?
>  I know there are a lot of amateurs like me -- but I'm wondering if there
> are pros out there who use LilyPond daily at a high level for multi-part
> scores, etc.

If your friend would like to see what Lily can do, i'd show him this:
http://www.apollinemike.com/scores/granini.pdf
http://www.apollinemike.com/scores/zauberbuch.pdf

i was impressed when i saw these scores.

cheers,
Janek