Re: Guide to Writing Orchestral Scores with Lilypond?????

[SoundsFromSound]

Hi Antonio,

That's very kind of you to offer your own personal documentation on how you
grasped LilyPond and its power.  I'm sure that if you put together a PDF
guide and uploaded it somewhere (Dropbox, your site, etc) and posted the
link here in the mailing list, many would be grateful and appreciative.

Good luck!

Ben



Antonio Gervasoni wrote
> About a year ago, when I discovered Lilypond, I decided that the best way
> to learn it was to typeset an old composition and compare the result to
> the first score. I then decided that the work should be an orchestral work
> I composed back in 2003, mainly because it is a very complicated score - a
> bit "Stravinskian", with constant time signature changes, complex rhythms,
> etc. - and if Lilypond could handle that then it could certainly convince
> me as an alternative to other software.
> 
> I never imagined it would be so hard; part of it, obviously, because I was
> a newbie and part of it because the work is indeed a very complex one
> (maybe I should have started with an easier piece!). However, it has been
> also hard because I have been unsuccesful at finding any website or blog
> thoroughly describing the basics of creating an orchestral score.
> 
> There is an orchestral template in the Learning Manual and ideas scattered
> all over the net but nothing in the form of a "Guide to Writing Orchestral
> Scores with Lilypond". So, I had to figure out the way to do it, trying
> one solution, then another, going back and forth until I came up to a
> solution that worked for me.
> 
> Now, I'm almost done and I'm thinking about publishing a complete
> description of how I did it. Not that I think that my process for creating
> such a score is the right one or even the best one! I just want to share
> it with other users that might find it useful and also receive feedback
> from other more experienced users in the form of advice on how to improve
> and simplify it.
> 
> The problem is that I don't know how to do this! If I write a short guide
> of, say 20-30 pages, in pdf format, where should I post/upload it? The .ly
> files and pdf output could be uploaded to the Mutopia Project. I could
> also upload the score and parts to IMSLP. But what about the guide? Where
> should that go? Any ideas?
> 
> I could use my own website, or create a blog and put it there, but my
> concern is about making it immediately "visible" to most Lilypond users,
> so that it can attract the attention of those of them who write orchestral
> music and generate discussion and a flow of ideas right away.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Antonio





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