Hi everyone. While I am a decent programmer, I have never been part of
a large project such as this, so I would not know where to begin in
attempting to add the following features that I've listed.
I am a drummer, and while I love that I can finally use free notation
software instead of Finale for many melodic instruments, I've realized
that the percussion features of LilyPond are lacking.
1) There is no way that I have yet discovered to notate rhythms for all
four limbs, but this doesn't seem to be possible due to the fact that
many drum set rhythms use overlapping stems. I have provided an example
of this here:
http://jengle.waferbaby.com/tmp/lp/drnot.png
For reference, the bottom lines used are the bass drum and the hi-hat
and the top two lines are the cymbal and snare drum. This example was
notated by my uncle in MS Paint, in '96!
2) LilyPond does not provide ratio-notation for odd groupings. For
instance, if I notate a group five sixteenths in the place of four
sixteenths, I like to write "5:4" rather than just "5".
3) LilyPond will not bracket an odd grouping that is within an odd
grouping correctly. The only way that LilyPond will notate the rhythm
correctly is if the internal odd grouping is bracketed separately from
the rest of the grouping. You may see what I mean in the following
examples. The first one shows a grouping that looks better, separated
by LilyPond, but is not correct.
http://jengle.waferbaby.com/tmp/lp/oddbetter.png
The second one shows what is intended (the entire grouping bracketed)
but exemplifies how LilyPond fouls it up slightly with the "7", which
should not overlap at all:
http://jengle.waferbaby.com/tmp/lp/oddbad.png
4.) There is no way to create an entire page of exercises (a feature
that would be incredibly useful for music teachers such as myself) like
this:
http://jengle.waferbaby.com/tmp/lp/exercises.png
I hope that I have shed some light on features or bugs that haven't
been thought of or noticed before.
Jesse Engle
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