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From: | Tim McNamara |
Subject: | Re: The fastest way to typeset orchestral scores, especially when splitting the work to many workers |
Date: | Wed, 27 May 2009 23:23:55 -0500 |
On May 27, 2009, at 8:10 PM, Cameron Horsburgh wrote:
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:56:29AM +1200, Daryna Baikadamova wrote:I plan to typeset some orchestral works. Within a movement, is it faster to typeset a instrument at time, or an orchestral page (i.e. open edit display for all instruments, so I need to 13 tabs in my editor) at a time?I would do one instrument at a time. I find it easier to keep track of what I'm doing that way, especially if there are a few different clefs and keys to work in.
Not being able to think in multiple keys at once, unlike musicians with actual training, I have been trying the following: writing all the parts out in concert to ensure accuracy and then doing a transposition on the individual instruments requiring them. LilyPond's \transpose function allows this and it makes my cognitive life easier!
I normally start with the top one and work down. Or, depending on how well my brain's working, I might do them all according to clef and key. It can take me a bit to get used to working in bass clef (I only play treble clef instruments) and I can confuse myself if I'm working quickly.
I not only play only a treble clef instrument, I only play an instrument written in an octave concert pitch (guitar). The other transposing instruments baffle the heck out of me.
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