I have always found that nothing beats plain pencil and sheets of staff paper, until I have the basic piece fairly complete. For me, it's clearly faster to make even a second draft on paper than to move at that point to LP and continue from there. I consider fast "hand writing" on staff paper to be a basic composing skill, long used by those who come before us.
Working this way, alterations are so much easier, in the initial stages. Later, I find the reverse to be true. I do love getting to the point where it's time to produce an actual engraved score, but revisions certainly do continue after that. Tom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ~ Neil Gaiman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA LMHC (WA) | t...@tomcloyd.com Psychotherapist (psychological trauma, dissociative disorders) Spokane, Washington, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 TomCloyd.com <http://www.tomcloyd.com/> | Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106042234820400717450> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/645665272216298/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 5:20 PM, Vaughan McAlley <ockegh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2018, 08:08 Nathan Sprangers, <nathan.r.sprang...@maine.edu> > wrote: > >> I've been using lilypond for a much shorter time, but my impression is >> that lilypond excels when you know exactly what you want to input. It's >> also difficult to work on different parts of the score unless you set up >> some sort of system to break the piece into smaller chunks. >> >> So I've been doing more work at the piano than I used to, then creating >> my score in lilypond based on my hand written sketch. Honestly, working at >> the piano has been more efficient than doing similar work in musescore. >> >> >> On Mar 22, 2018 11:41 AM, "jtruc34" <daverio.jo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> That may seem like a stupid question, but I've been using LilyPond with >>> Frescobaldi for a year and a half, but I start to ask myself if it is as >>> efficient as if I had used another tool like Musescore. >>> >>> I explain: I don't have at all a powerful computer, and I think that an >>> essential feature that I have to have to compose efficiently is to see >>> what >>> I've written in real-time. There is such a feature in Frescobaldi name >>> "continuous engraving" (or something like that, my version is not in >>> English), but on my slow computer and with a big project such as a >>> 20-pages >>> quartet or symphony, it takes at least 40 to 50 seconds to render. >>> >>> In addition, it would be great to hear the music out of the midi file by >>> clicking on the preview (like on almost every WYSIWYG music software) but >>> Frescobaldi's midi player is pretty useless for that. >>> >>> I'm not saying that LilyPond and Frescobaldi are bad, it's probably just >>> me >>> who don't know the right tools or the right way to use them. I'm asking >>> to >>> find a way to make my workflow more convenient to compose. >>> >>> Do you have any suggestions? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> lilypond-user mailing list >>> lilypond-user@gnu.org >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> lilypond-user@gnu.org >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > It sounds like Denemo might suit you. But like Nathan, I try to be dealing > with as little technology as possible when I'm actually composing. > Unfortunately, even pencils need sharpening and erasers need to be > remembered :-) > > Vaughan > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >
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