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At the Sounding Edge: Music Notation Software For Linux (Linux Journal)
At the Sounding Edge: Music Notation Software For Linux (Linux Journal)
Posted Oct 26, 2005 18:31 UTC (Wed) by arcticwolf (guest, #8341)Parent article: At the Sounding Edge: Music Notation Software For Linux (Linux Journal)
No mention of Lilypond (except for one irrelevant one)? Shame.
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At the Sounding Edge: Music Notation Software For Linux (Linux Journal)
Posted Oct 26, 2005 19:45 UTC (Wed) by gilb (subscriber, #11728) [Link]
This is only the first of a series of columns, so I expect that Lilypond will be treated in the future. He hinted at this by saying "As we shall see, a music typesetting language such as LilyPond or Mup is easy to learn".
Lilypond
Posted Oct 27, 2005 15:27 UTC (Thu) by utoddl (subscriber, #1232) [Link]
Actually, he said, "As we shall see, a music typesetting language such as LilyPond or Mup is easy to learn, and with a little practice, you quickly can enter complex scoring indications." I like to think I'm not stupid, but tricking Lilypond into doing what I want has proven very difficult for me. Don't get me wrong, Lilypond can produce beautiful output. I'm sure if I knew the right incantations I could get what I wanted, but divining the incantations from the docs was no easy task. Granted, I haven't tried it in the last 10 months or so, so things may have improved. More examples would be nice, too. (I'm mostly trying to do four-part vocal stuff, btw.)
Lilypond
Posted Oct 28, 2005 7:37 UTC (Fri) by Wol (guest, #4433) [Link]
I haven't done much with lilypond lately, either ...
I think the main problem is that the project leaders are steeped in European Classical tradition. From my POV (British Brass Bands) pretty much every damn default is wrong - from the layout of the header to the rehearsal marks to ... well whatever.
Don't get me wrong - it's great software, and the authors want it used, but if us members of other traditions don't speak up and, more importantly, contribute, then it won't improve. Unfortunately, I think it suffers from the same problem as another of my hobby-horses - Pick/MultiValue databases. The people who use and need the software aren't trained programmers - they're musicians (or database-literate end-users) - so they aren't in a position to contribute code, which is what is really needed.
Cheers,
Wol
contributing to LilyPond development
Posted Oct 28, 2005 9:46 UTC (Fri) by hanwen (subscriber, #4329) [Link]
I think the main problem is that the project leaders are steeped in European Classical tradition. From my POV (British Brass Bands) pretty much every damn default is wrong - from the layout of the header to the rehearsal marks to ... well whatever.Don't get me wrong - it's great software, and the authors want it used, but if us members of other traditions don't speak up and, more importantly, contribute, then it won't improve
You can also contribute with money of instead of code. If you want something changed, then you can hire the project leaders to implement features or templates on request. See lilypond-design.com for more details, or check out the v2.7 NEWS file for features that have been sponsored up to now.
Han-Wen Nienhuys
hanwen@lilypond.org