Re: general help

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Ursus" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 2:24 PM
Subject: general help


> lilypond 2.16.2
> on windows 7
> score generated with frescobaldy 2.0.8
>
> During the last months I have been learning to work with lilypond.
> I now started with a song by Debussy. partly because I need the score and
> partly because the score needs many complex tweaks.
>
> I have one specific question and one general.
> In bar 26, on the right hand of the piano the original has an 8octava. I
> tried the \ottava #1, but on this part in the score it will not eccept 
> this.
> While further on, where it uses 8vb, it does accept \ottava #-1.
> What is the matter with measure 26?
>
> And in general, I would like feedback on how to improve my score. Please 
> be
> as verbose as possible.
> The score looks as wanted, but any shortcomings I would like to know..
>
> The score is 34 measures, piano with one voice. It is 9kb and can be
> downloaded from
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30381737/spleen.ly
> Thanks in advance


I can make the ottavation work perfectly - could you provide the code that 
fails, please?

As to style - if I were typesetting this, I would not use all the implied 
voice constructs << { } \\ {} >>.  I would set each voice as its own 
variable and then explicitly set the voicing and use \new Voice within a 
staff - this way you can have more control of whether you select voiceOne, 
voiceTwo, voiceThree, etc.  But this is personal preference.

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Phil Holmes