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RE: rearrange manual
From: |
Trevor Daniels |
Subject: |
RE: rearrange manual |
Date: |
Sun, 9 Sep 2007 19:58:04 +0100 |
I feel the vocal music bits are a little buried in the Text
section. Perhaps if this section were renamed "Text and
Lyrics" it would improve matters.
Trevor
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+t.daniels=treda.co.u
> address@hidden Behalf Of
> Graham Percival
> Sent: 09 September 2007 12:58
> To: lilypond-user Mailinglist; lily-devel
> Subject: GDP: rearrange manual
>
>
> Despite me being fairly happy with out table of
> contents, I think we
> could still improve the arrangement of
> subsections. Here's my proposal.
>
> LIMITED DISCUSSION
> To keep discussion focused and as un-confused as
> possible, this is a
> discussion *only* about the arrangement of
> subsections. Other parts of
> GDP will be discussed later.
>
> This means:
> - propose new/changed chapter/sections
> - propose renamings of chapter/sections
> - *do not* discuss new subsections or renamings
> of subsections. That
> will come later.
>
> GENERAL IDEAS
> - the manual will be split even more into
> Learning Manual / Notation
> Reference. This is the notation reference, so
> we assume that users
> have read the LM. They know about music
> expressions, \override, etc.
> The LM will be increased to accomodate for
> this, but that's a separate
> discussion.
>
>
> * 6 Basic musical notation
> o 6.1 Pitches
> + 6.1.1 Normal pitches
> + 6.1.2 Accidentals
> + 6.1.3 Cautionary accidentals
> + 6.1.4 Micro tones
> + 6.1.5 Note names in other languages
> + 6.1.6 Relative octaves
> + 6.1.7 Octave check
> + 6.1.8 Rests
> + 6.1.9 Skips
> o 6.2 Affecting multiple pitches
> + 6.2.1 Clef
> + 6.2.2 Key signature
> + 6.2.3 Transpose
> + 6.2.4 Instrument transpositions
> + 6.2.5 Ottava brackets
> o 6.3 Rhythms
> + 6.3.1 Durations
> + 6.3.2 Augmentation dots
> + 6.3.3 Tuplets
> + 6.3.4 Scaling durations
> + 6.3.5 Automatic note splitting
> + 6.3.6 Aligning to cadenzas
> o 6.4 Meter
> + 6.4.1 Time signature
> + 6.4.2 Partial measures
> + 6.4.3 Unmetered music
> + 6.4.4 Polymetric notation (alternating)
> + 6.4.5 Polymetric notation (simultaneous)
> + 6.4.6 Time administration
> + 6.4.7 Proportional notation
> (introduction)
> + 6.4.8 Automatic beams
> + 6.4.9 Manual beams
> + 6.4.10 Feathered beams
> o 6.5 Bars
> + 6.5.1 Bar check
> + 6.5.2 Barnumber check
> + 6.5.3 Multi measure rests
> + 6.5.4 Bar lines
> + 6.5.5 Bar numbers
> + 6.5.6 Rehearsal marks
> o 6.6 Polyphony
> + 6.6.1 Chords
> + 6.6.2 Stems
> + 6.6.3 Basic polyphony
> + 6.6.4 Explicitly instantiating voices
> + 6.6.5 Collision resolution
> + 6.6.6 Clusters
> + 6.6.7 Automatic part combining
> + 6.6.8 Writing music in parallel
> * 7 Decorating musical notation
> o 7.1 Connecting notes
> + 7.1.1 Ties
> + 7.1.2 Slurs
> + 7.1.3 Phrasing slurs
> + 7.1.4 Laissez vibrer ties
> + 7.1.5 Grace notes
> + 7.1.6 Analysis brackets
> o 7.2 Expressive marks
> + 7.2.1 Articulations
> + 7.2.2 Dynamics (absolute)
> + 7.2.3 Dynamics (crescendi)
> + 7.2.4 Breath marks
> + 7.2.5 Trills
> + 7.2.6 Glissando
> + 7.2.7 Arpeggio
> + 7.2.8 Falls and doits
> o 7.3 Staff notation
> + 7.3.1 System start delimiters
> + 7.3.2 Staff symbol
> + 7.3.3 Hiding staves
> + 7.3.4 Metronome marks
> + 7.3.5 Instrument names
> + 7.3.6 Quoting other voices
> + 7.3.7 Formatting cue notes
> o 7.4 Repeats
> + 7.4.1 Repeat types
> + 7.4.2 Repeat syntax
> + 7.4.3 Repeats and MIDI
> + 7.4.4 Manual repeat commands
> + 7.4.5 Tremolo repeats
> + 7.4.6 Tremolo subdivisions
> + 7.4.7 Measure repeats
> o 7.5 Educational use
> + 7.5.1 Balloon help
> + 7.5.2 Fingering instructions
> + 7.5.3 Blank music sheet
> + 7.5.4 Grid lines
> + 7.5.5 Shape note heads
> + 7.5.6 Easy Notation note heads
> o 7.6 Special use
> + 7.6.1 Special noteheads
> + 7.6.2 Improvisation
> + 7.6.3 Selecting notation font size
> + 7.6.4 Hidden notes
> + 7.6.5 Coloring objects
> + 7.6.6 Parentheses
> * 8 Instrument-specific notation
> o 8.1 Piano music
> + 8.1.1 Pedals
> + 8.1.2 Automatic staff changes
> + 8.1.3 Manual staff switches
> + 8.1.4 Staff switch lines
> + 8.1.5 Cross staff stems
> o 8.2 Chord names
> + 8.2.1 Introducing chord names
> + 8.2.2 Chords mode
> + 8.2.3 Printing chord names
> + 8.2.4 Figured bass
> o 8.3 Rhythmic music
> + 8.3.1 Showing melody rhythms
> + 8.3.2 Entering percussion
> + 8.3.3 Percussion staves
> + 8.3.4 Ghost notes
> o 8.4 Guitar
> + 8.4.1 String number indications
> + 8.4.2 Tablatures basic
> + 8.4.3 Non-guitar tablatures
> + 8.4.4 Banjo tablatures
> + 8.4.5 Fret diagrams
> + 8.4.6 Right hand fingerings
> + 8.4.7 Other guitar issues
> o 8.5 Bagpipe
> + 8.5.1 Bagpipe definitions
> + 8.5.2 Bagpipe example
> o 8.6 Bowed strings
> + 8.6.1 Artificial harmonics
> o 8.7 Ancient notation
> + 8.7.1 Ancient note heads
> + 8.7.2 Ancient accidentals
> + 8.7.3 Ancient rests
> + 8.7.4 Ancient clefs
> + 8.7.5 Ancient flags
> + 8.7.6 Ancient time signatures
> + 8.7.7 Ancient articulations
> + 8.7.8 Custodes
> + 8.7.9 Divisiones
> + 8.7.10 Ligatures
> # 8.7.10.1 White mensural ligatures
> # 8.7.10.2 Gregorian square
> neumes ligatures
> + 8.7.11 Gregorian Chant contexts
> + 8.7.12 Mensural contexts
> + 8.7.13 Musica ficta accidentals
> * 9 Text
> o 9.1 Text in a score
> + 9.1.1 Text scripts
> + 9.1.2 Text and line spanners
> + 9.1.3 Text spanners
> + 9.1.4 Text marks
> o 9.2 Text markup section
> + 9.2.1 Text markup
> + 9.2.2 Nested scores
> + 9.2.3 Page wrapping text
> + 9.2.4 Overview of text markup commands
> + 9.2.5 Overview of text markup
> list commands
> + 9.2.6 Font selection
> + 9.2.7 New dynamic marks
> o 9.3 Vocal music
> + 9.3.1 Setting simple songs
> + 9.3.2 Entering lyrics
> + 9.3.3 Aligning lyrics to a melody
> # 9.3.3.1 Automatic
> syllable durations
> # 9.3.3.2 Another way of
> entering lyrics
> # 9.3.3.3 Assigning more
> than one syllable to a
> # single note
> # 9.3.3.4 More than one
> note on a single syllable
> # 9.3.3.5 Extenders and hyphens
> + 9.3.4 Working with lyrics and
> identifiers
> + 9.3.5 Flexibility in placement
> # 9.3.5.1 Lyrics to
> multiple notes of a melisma
> # 9.3.5.2 Divisi lyrics
> # 9.3.5.3 Switching the
> melody associated with a
> # lyrics line
> # 9.3.5.4 Lyrics
> independent of notes
> + 9.3.6 Spacing lyrics
> + 9.3.7 More about stanzas
> # 9.3.7.1 Adding stanza numbers
> # 9.3.7.2 Adding dynamics marks
> # 9.3.7.3 Adding singer names
> # 9.3.7.4 Printing stanzas
> at the end
> # 9.3.7.5 Printing stanzas
> at the end in multiple
> # columns
> + 9.3.8 Ambitus
> + 9.3.9 Other vocal issues
> o 9.4 Titles and headers
> + 9.4.1 Creating titles
> + 9.4.2 Custom titles
> + 9.4.3 Reference to page numbers
> + 9.4.4 Table of contents
> * 10 Input and output
> o 10.1 Input files
> + 10.1.1 File structure (introduction)
> + 10.1.2 File structure
> + 10.1.3 A single music expression
> + 10.1.4 Multiple scores in a book
> + 10.1.5 Extracting fragments of notation
> + 10.1.6 Including LilyPond files
> + 10.1.7 Different editions from
> one source
> + 10.1.8 Text encoding
> o 10.2 MIDI output
> + 10.2.1 Creating MIDI files
> + 10.2.2 MIDI block
> + 10.2.3 MIDI instrument names
> o 10.3 Displaying LilyPond notation
> o 10.4 Skipping corrected music
> * 11 Changing defaults
>
>
>
>
>
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- GDP: rearrange manual, Graham Percival, 2007/09/09
- RE: rearrange manual,
Trevor Daniels <=
- Re: GDP: rearrange manual, Rune Zedeler, 2007/09/09
- Re: GDP: rearrange manual, Graham Percival, 2007/09/09
- Re: GDP: rearrange manual, Mats Bengtsson, 2007/09/09
- Re: GDP: rearrange manual, Graham Percival, 2007/09/09
- Re: GDP: rearrange manual, Rune Zedeler, 2007/09/09
- Re: GDP: rearrange manual, Graham Percival, 2007/09/10
- Re: GDP: rearrange manual, Reinhold Kainhofer, 2007/09/10
- Re: GDP: rearrange manual, John Mandereau, 2007/09/10
- Re: GDP: rearrange manual, Graham Percival, 2007/09/10
- Re: GDP: rearrange manual, Trevor Bača, 2007/09/09