An idea for a systematic development of a large score.

[wjm]

A bit of my LP background - - -
Several years ago I was asked by a local church-choir director to 
prepare a couple of pieces for use  by other church-groups. He knew that 
I had used computers for preparing teaching and publication graphics of 
one sort or another, and that I had done a little music 'engraving' 
using an early version of Finale. When he suggested this project I 
reviewed my use of, and degree of familiarity with, Finale and decided 
that there should be another option, which eventually led me to 
Lilypond. All of the use I've made of LP since has been transcribing 
from mainly hand-written scores of unison or SATB choral works.
The first few years were an uphill struggle, notwithstanding the 
existence of the Tutorial and Notation Reference manuals, and a really 
useful resource has been the User-list :) .
Making use of templates and other completed LP files, and adapting 
snippets etc., made my experience a lot less 'rocky' than it might 
otherwise have been. I make no apology for making use of the vast 
experience of subscribers to this list and am grateful that so many have 
provided solutions to problems I've encountered from time to time.

It was with this in the back of my mind that I offered the 'schema' in 
my earlier post in the hope that it would make life a little easier for 
other users, particularly those who, like me, regard themselves as 'new 
users'. :)

Thanks to all,
Regards,
Bill