Re: Help getting started with Danny Boy

[plasmacarwash]

Hey Folks,

I read through much of the discourse here and appreciate it all.
Directly after posting the 1st time, I started in on the "new manual".
I experienced the typical sensation of being away from Lilypond for over 10
mos.
If ya don't use it, ya lose it.
In addition, I read somewhere that there are 4 basic books to the "manual".
The "learning manual" is different than 10 mos. ago, true?
Nonetheless, I had a split motive:
1) I did kinda want a magic wand to blast this job out and be done with it.
2) I kinda dream of having a writing proficiency with Lilypond. A veritable
songwriting partner. Sitting where I am now with it, I seemed to be dwarfed
in my infancy.

I'm not even answering all the feedback from all because it's late in the
day and I just got the email.

Thinking about Lilypond though gives me a strange glee throughout my days.
If I can add it to the way I write, that would be awesome.
I have three essential ways in which song comes to me now.
Hopefully Lilypond could take the lead.

Does anyone know of anyone similiar here?

I would like to pick-up composition while here at the forums also.
So delusions of grandeur do inhabit my requests here at Lilypond Nabble as
well. :-)

Thank-you all for the technical and the passion -the Rubenstein and the
Horowitz. :-)

-Jay Peek






James E. Bailey-2 wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 04.05.2008 um 03:44 schrieb plasmacarwash:
> 
>>
>> Dear James,
>>
>> Actually I was wondering, once we set the time signature and choose  
>> which
>> value our notes will be (half, quart, eighth) -does the program
>> automatically create the desired bars?
>> The appropriate measures?
>> I assume it does after that input.
> 
> Kinda. Assuming all of your bars are compete, then you'll have no  
> problems. What makes lilypond good is that it does all of the layout,  
> you just tell it what you want. If, however, you have \time 4/4 d'4  
> d'4 e'2. | or \time 4/4 d'4 d'2 | Lilypond will have problems, and the  
> more I think about it it, the more I like that.
> 
>>
>>
>>
>> Also I need help fetching a "vertical squiggly line" and an "upside- 
>> down
>> fermatta" within  http://home.earthlink.net/~markdlew/shw/ 
>> DannyBoy.htm Mark
>> Lews adapt.  :confused:
> 
> That's a common musical symbol for harpists and keyboard players,  
> arpeggio. you get that by adding \arpeggio to a chord. See section  
> 1.3.3.2 of the 2.11 documentation.
> 
>>
>>
>>
>> Lastly,
>>
>> I was perusing the template(s) for piano and voice.
>> I wonder how that looks when done?
>> Do I just load up all the lyrics I have already within the "voice"  
>> section?
> 
> There are several ways of adding lyrics. for a simple song like this,  
> probably the easiest way would be to first make sure the vocal part  
> has all of the ties, "~" and slurs, "( )" needed to make sure all of  
> the syllables that are sung over more than one written note are  
> grouped together. e.g., cal -- ling in mm. 7 needs to be fis'8( e'8)  
> cis'4~ cis'8. so that you can use the simple \addlyrics function  
> directly after your music in your lilypond file. For example \score  
> { {fis'8( e'8) cis'4~ cis'8 e'8 gis'8 a'8} \addlyrics {cal -- ling  
> from glen to} } would give you mm. 7
> 
>>
>>
>> I expect that section to be pretty disproportionate compared to the
>> remaining few sections left in the template provided.
>>
>> Also, Kieren MacMillans help has held its own, so, I'm ok with the
>> 'horizontal spacing" issue from yesteryear.
>>
>> Thank-you James.
>>
>> -Jay Peek
>>
> 
> I would also suggest using the 2.11 documentation if you aren't  
> already, it's a bit easier to read, certainly more thorough, and makes  
> using lilypond a lot clearer.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> James E. Bailey-2 wrote:
>>>
>>> Am 03.05.2008 um 04:24 schrieb plasmacarwash:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hey Forum,
>>>>
>>>> I am transcribing Danny Boy from this mans arrang.
>>>> http://www.home.earthlink.net/~markdlew/shw/DannyBoy.htm (Mark D.
>>>> Lew)  .
>>>>
>>>> (3 pages short)
>>>>
>>>> It is from key 'D' to 'C' that I desire.
>>>>
>>>> I need only help on the vocal.
>>>>
>>>> I already have the notes and lyrics typed and coordinated one above
>>>> the
>>>> other.
>>>>
>>>> I also need help with a WIN 98 indiosyncracy with 2.11.45 ( and all
>>>> previous
>>>> versions, btw).
>>>>
>>>> Horizontal spacing.
>>>>
>>>> I was helped here and got some good fixes ( like "ragged") but I
>>>> just wanted
>>>> to give you a heads up before we work with your particular style  
>>>> code.
>>>>
>>>> Is there anybody out there tonite?
>>>>
>>>> much love,
>>>>
>>>> Jay
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> P.S.  
>>>> http://www.nabble.com/horizontal-spacing-to12377970.html#a12379149
>>>> topic of horizontal spacing last year
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