Re: Template: String Quartet (score-only), first draft

[James E. Bailey]

Am 17.08.2008 um 21:43 schrieb Graham Percival:

> global = {
> >         s1*4
> >         \bar "|."
> > }
>
> I very rarely include s1*4 \bar "|." in my global variable -- is
> this good practice?

When managing a score with many time signature changes, it's really  
useful. You only have to make (or correct) a typo-ed time signature  
once to fix it.
That's something I learned from Kieren ^.^

> >         c4.(\p d8) e4-. e-.   | % 1
> >         e8( d f e d4) r   | % 2
>
> Why manually number the bars?  It's true that users can delete
> them easily, but they should be very familiar with
> one-bar-per-line by now.  I definitely like the explicit bar
> checks, though.  :)

It helps with finding where you are in a score if you, like me,  
compose on paper, and then transpose it to lilypond, I always number  
my bars on paper, and when I transfer things to lilypond, it's a great  
tool to know *exactly* where a particular bar is. Especially when the  
lilypond input looks nothing like what's on my paper. I also start  
each bar with an explicit time, so if I miss one, the time at the  
beginning of the next measure is correct, and I can find the error  
easily, especially if the error happens to create complete measures so  
the bar checks don't catch it.