On 30/11/2019 15:35, Jinsong Zhao wrote:
Hi there,
It's may be some off topic. After a long struggle, I have nearly done
the input of a sheet music. Then, I need to proofread it.
Generally, I split the screen into left and right frames, and put the
score that Lilypond output and the original one into each frame, and
read/compare notes one by one.
Is there any other ways you prefer to do proofread?
I proof-read as I go. I can't remember where it came from, but someone
on the list said "create a variable mbreak, and use it everywhere the
original manuscript has a line break. Set it to { \break } while you're
entering the music, then set it to {} when you're done."
Like you, I have one window with the original scan, and obviously
another with lilypond output, and a third with the lilypond source. But
I always proof-read the score line by line - I enter a line, compile,
proof-read, and move on to the next. Once I'm done, I null out mbreak
and let lilypond format the score as it will.
I mostly do this to transpose parts seeing as I play the trombone, so
the part may be in Bb treble clef, tenor clef, or bass clef, and I want
to print it out in treble or bass.
I also separate out the notes from the layout, so once I've
done/proofread my first part, when I do a second part I know the layout
is correct so (and I've found the parts were wrong once) if the notes
and repeats and double bars etc don't match up, I know that normally
I've messed up the notes. (On that occasion, a previous copyist had
messed up the bars ... :-)
Cheers,
Wol
