Re: orchestral template problem - just a question about it

[corallina]

Thank you Francisco;

 with staffsize 14 and a3 it now fits the page
sorry for dumb questions

On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Francisco Vila <address@hidden> wrote:
> 2009/1/1 corallina <address@hidden>:
>> I was interested in the orchestral template that was posted by Hu Haipeng
>> and after minor fixes to get it to compile was wondering can someone
>> address these questions.
>>
>> lilypond takes the input file and shoves it all into a single page
>> which is blah.
>
> I'm not sure what else are you looking for, this is correct.
>
>> I would like to fiddle with the template but am wondering how to decide
>> where to page break.
>
> Music notation is bi-dimensional, it has simultaneous notes in the
> vertical axis and sequential notes in the horizontal axis. Break
> staves anywhere you like using \break and pages using \pageBreak.
>
>>  What is the paper size for a "real" conductors book.
>
> It depends on the size of the orchestral score. Big staves could go up to A3.
>
>>
>> Are different groups of like instruments all on a single page,
>> strings, woodwinds,
>> percussion?
>
> I've never seen a conductor full score that does not have absolutely
> everything on a single page. How else could it be read?
>
>>
>> I loaded the ps file into gv and tried some different paper sizes and was 
>> able
>> to view bits of the file.
>
> You need to reduce the size of the staves, eg with
> #(set-global-staff-size 14)
> standard is 20.
> --
> Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain)
> http://www.paconet.org
>