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Re: Book of tunes with an index


From: Urs Liska
Subject: Re: Book of tunes with an index
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 23:52:24 +0100
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Am 13.12.2017 um 22:02 schrieb Ralph Palmer:
Greetings -

I'm running LilyPond 2.19.80 under Linux/Ubuntu 16.04.

I have a fair amount of experience with LilyPond, but none with lilypond-book or LaTeX.

I'm assembling a collection of fiddle tunes, and I'd like an index. I thought of using a table of contents, but that won't quite work, I don't think. The problem is that some tunes are known by multiple names, and I'd like a quick way to find a tune under any of its names. I'd like the index to precede the tunes (like a table of contents).

Is there a fairly straightforward way to accomplish this? The learning curve for LaTeX seems rather steep, and I don't think I would need LaTex for anything besides the index. Same with lilypond-book. I could be mistaken.

I have never used it but I think LaTeX's indexing features should be quite appropriate for what you need.
    https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Indexing
is a very short recipe-like introduction to indexing with LaTeX and it looks quite straightforward.

All you would need is
  • insert each score with \includepdf
  • Add \index{one-name} \index{another-name} entries
  • If you also want a table of contents in your book you can create entries for the scores with \addcontentsline (as you obviously can't enter a real section heading)
HTH
Urs


I already have the tunes transcribed, with alternative titles. I also have a spreadsheet that contains columns for title, two or three alternative titles, and the LY filename.

I am open to suggestions.

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,

Ralph

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Ralph Palmer
Brattleboro, VT
USA
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