Hi All,
I wrote earlier today about a first time use question and got a very
helpful answer, so first let me say thanks to the list as a whole.
I'm starting to learn Lilypond and I think its a great piece of
software. Obviously there is a learning curve but I'm OK with that.
Before I get too far into it, however, I want to be sure Lilypond is
the right tool for the job at hand and I'm hoping for some advice
from some of you that have experience with the app.
I lead music for my church and am looking for a piece of software to
allow me to create the lead sheets for my band. I am having to re-
create my entire music library after the theft of a laptop and I'm
taking the opportunity to try & increase the quality of our sheets. I
have bits & pieces of theory training and am trying to self teach
myself to fill in the holes, but I'm a novice at best.
So, what I need is a piece of software that can be very basic to
begin with, but allow me to expand as the team grows in experience.
I used to use a regular word processor for my sheets, but that
obviously does not let me transpose or include any actual music
notation when its apropriate.
In step 1 I need to just provide lyrics for my vocalists, and lyrics
with chord names for the musicians. So for example I would need the
Lilypond equivalent of:
G D C D
Over all the earth You reign on
G
high
My challenge in reading the tutorials is that I am not very
proficient in working out the correct rhythmic structures. I would
like to enter lyrics based really on nothing more than measures, and
then be sure that the chord names are above the correct syllable. I
can't seem to figure out how to do this correctly for several
reasons. For one, I cant figure out how to include a space in the
lyrics when there are chords without vocals. Is it required that the
lyrics match their own melody line? I suppose that would be logical.
I guess my questions is, is Lilypond geared toward formal music to
the extent that there is no easy way to use it for simple chord
sheets until I become proficient enough to use it for melody lines?
Thanks so much for any advice,
Cliff
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