Hello and thanks for such a fantastic program. I am a music teacher
with experience with programs like Sibelius. I am just learning
Lilypond in hopes of using it with the students I teach at the School
of the Arts in San Francisco. I really enjoy Lilypond.
I do have two quick questions that I can't seem to deal with. I'm
sure that there are easy answers, but after 2 hours of trying I
figured maybe an email would work better. For both questions, I've
included a sample of the code I'm using.
1. I am making a sight-singing book with my students that we plan to
post to Mutopia when finished. The formatting looks great, but I must
be missing something, because when I put a composer header for each
melody, the last name appears at the head of the document. I would
also like to insert a number before each staff so that the melodies
are clearly numbered.
2. I work with an autistic student who is non-verbal. He loves music
and can read basic music. I am using the EasyHead notes. I find
they're hard to read unless I make things big. I have enlarged the
staff and modified the lyrics so they are smaller, but the title and
space between title and the music is too big. I would also like to
insert a comment so that there are no bar numbers visible (since any
non-critical information is a distraction I'd like to avoid).
I am putting my snippets below for 1 and 2. In addition, I would love
it if there were someone in the San Francisco Bay area who might be
able to provide a lesson or two. I'd be happy to pay. In addition, if
I could find someone online, that might also work, but probably not
as well. I believe that I fall into the same space as many teachers
in that I'm uncomfortable with some of the basic conventions that
seem to be inferred from Lilypond, such as argument, etc.
Thanks for any possible help,
Matthew Thibeault
Snippet from sight singing (I would like a composer header to appear
at the end of each line, which currently does not happen):
\version "2.6.0"
\score {
\header {
title = \markup \center-align { "La-Sol-Mi Melodies" }
composer = "Courtney Mark"
}
melody = \relative c'' {
\clef treble
\key c \major
\time 2/4
a4 a
a8 g g e
r2
e8 a g4
a8 e r4
r a
e2
r8 a e g \bar "|."
}
\score {
\new Staff \melody
\layout { }
\midi { \tempo 4=60 }
}
}
\score {
\header {
composer = "Deanna Suisala"
}
melody = \relative c'' {
\clef treble
\key c \major
\time 2/4
g2
g8 a e4
g4 e
g8 e g a
g4 e
e e
a2
\bar "|."
}
\score {
\new Staff \melody
\layout { }
}
Snippet 2 (I would like to remove bar numbers, page numbers, and
decrease the size of the title as well as the large space between the
title and the beginning of the music):
\version "2.6.0"
\header {
title = \markup \center-align { "Old MacDonald" }
tagline = " "
}
melody = \relative c'' {
\clef treble
\key c \major
\time 4/4
\setEasyHeads
#(set-global-staff-size 50)
c4 c c g
a a g2
e'4 e d d
c2. g4
c4 c c g
a a g2
e'4 e d d
c2. g8 g
c4 c c g8 g
c4 c c2
c8 c c4 c8 c c4
c8 c c c c4 c
c4 c c g
a a g2
e'4 e d d
c1 \bar "|."
}
text = \lyricmode {
\set fontSize = #-4
Old Mac -- Don -- ald
had a farm
E I E I O and
on this farm he
had a cow
E I E I O with a
moo moo here and a
moo moo there
here a moo there a moo
Ever -- y -- where a
moo moo
old Mac -- Don -- ald
had a farm
E I E I O
}
\score{
<<
\context Voice = one {
\autoBeamOn
\melody
}
\lyricsto "one" \new Lyrics \text
>>
\layout { }
\midi { \tempo 4=60 }
}
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