Re: Cheat Sheet

[Carl Sorensen]

On 11/8/11 1:32 PM, "Tim Roberts" <address@hidden> wrote:

>
>  
>  
>    As I do more and more
>      LilyPond data entry, I find the skill set development to be
>      interesting.  I've become pretty quick at data entry now,
>    including dynamics and articulation marks.  I've become pretty good
>    at tweaking the output to get the effects I want.
>    
>    The skill that is NOT developing, apparently, is the skill to keep
>    the relative octaves straight.  Inevitably, my first test run ends
>    up going diagonally straight off the page in one direction or other,
>    with 20 or 30 ledger lines on each note.
>    
>    Is there a simple mnemonic aid that can help me remember which part
>    of a given token is the one that carries forward?  Individual notes
>    are easy.  Within a chord is easy.  I believe that the first note of
>    a chord then carries forward to the next token.  But in polyphony
>    (with << >>), is it the last note that carries forward
>    out of the polyphony?

If you are parsing notes, the last note parsed serves as the basis for the
next note.

If you are parsing chords, the first note in the last chord parsed serves
as the basis for the next note.

At least, that's my mental model.

Thanks,

Carl