Re: Information about Parts

[Colin Campbell]

On 2015-01-08 04:10 PM, Matthew James Briggs wrote:
> Hello, I just joined this list because I was searching unsuccessfully 
> for information about Lilypond's features for extracting and producing 
> individual parts from a score.  Does Lilypond have features akin to 
> Finale's linked-parts?
>
> I suspect my searching was unsuccessful since the work "part" is used 
> so frequently in the english language.  Any urls to point me in the 
> right direction would be great.
>
> Background: composer using Finale since the early 1990's. In the past 
> several years I have learned some code, C#, C++, SQL, tiny bits of 
> bash.  I don't know Python yet but it's on my to-do list.
>
> The idea of controlling music notation with the precision of an 
> interpreted text language is highly appealing and I plan to learn 
> Lilypond soon (unless it has, like, zero support for creating parts).
>
> Thank you!
> Matt

Welcome to the community, Matt!  The best bit of advice I can give is to 
look at the introductory stuff on the website. Start with the 
Introduction itself, then follow up with the Learning Manual. Others 
have pointed out that LilyPond builds scores from parts rather than 
building scores and extracting parts, but the website stuff may help to 
clarify it.

I'm sure you'll be delighted at the kind and degree of control LilyPond 
will give you. Have fun!

Cheers,
Colin

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