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----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+t.daniels=treda.co.u > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
