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Re: Appreciation / Financial support


From: Jeff Barnes
Subject: Re: Appreciation / Financial support
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:07:25 -0700 (PDT)

> From: Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden>
> 
>Hi David,
>
>> Who is going to learn reading notes, let alone writing them?  Of course
>> LilyPond is only for geeks, because it is just geeks who bother with
>> writing music rather than listening to it.
>
>In other words, composers who use Lilypond are a [very, very small] subset of 
>a [very small] subset of all people.
>

It sounds like it would be quite valuable to know the commonalities of this 
very very small very small group for positioning Lily and for future 
development direction.

As for me, I like Lily because it sets my mind to the process of 
composition/arranging with the manual entry of notes. This process is 
mechanically more akin to the task of using pen and ink than the more visual or 
keyboard approaches to note entry. As I write, Lily forces me to consider music 
theory more directly. It also forces me to think about enharmonic 
considerations, meter and many other things.

With the Lily domain specific language, there is a natural bridging between 
theoretical musical concepts and computer programming. The divide between the 
two isn't that large, BTW. I started my career as a musician and learned 
computer programming in my 30's. I've often remarked that music, especially 
arranging and composing, is very much like developing an application (only 
solo), with a well-known set of algorithms for melodic and harmonic 
construction.

Regards,
Jeff



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