Greetings everyone and welcome to LilyPond Isaac! I have started working on my application for GSoC, and having checked in with David Garfinkle and since there is currently no mentor for the MusicXML project,[0] I am basing my proposal on the idea of improving LilyPond’s internal chord structure.
Isaac David and David Garfinkle, I'd encourage you to go forward with your applications and we’ll let the LilyPond developers have the task of choosing between them if need be. (My previous involvement with LilyPond may count against me in the sense that part of GSoC is the opportunity to recruit new contributors.) For parity’s sake, I’ll introduce myself. This semester I’m finishing writing my dissertation for my PhD in the humanities. I have picked up programming over the years through self-study, starting with Javascript for websites and then later Firefox add-ons, and also learning Scheme and a little Python and C++ through working with LilyPond. (One of my interests is alternative music notation systems and I learned Scheme primarily by writing code to extend LilyPond to support Clairnote music notation.[1]) Musically my primary instrument is acoustic guitar which I’ve played since high school, so I am familiar with chords and chord symbols. I also like to sing and play the trumpet which I played in high school band. -Paul [0] In the unlikely event that a mentor for MusicXML appears with enough time to spare before the application deadline on the 25th, I would try to submit another proposal based on the MusicXML project. I see that Google allows students to submit up to 5 proposals. [1] http://clairnote.org/software/ _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
