On Sunday 24 December 2006 08:01, Manuel wrote: > Chapter One. > > > Open a new LilyPond window and write this inside: > > > { c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c' ' } > > > Save the file and then select "Typeset file" from the "Compile" menu.
What OS are you on? I open a Kwrite window and type "lilypond music.ly" in a Konsole. > You can, of course, change these and all other defaults, indeed you > can engrave old plainchat, contemporary notation, orchestral scores, > do MIDI files, and more. But all that lies further down the road. For > the moment, we will teach you how to engrave a simple melody. sp: "plainchant". Or do you mean "plainsong"? > First, we'll give you a very useful tool to input your notes, called > the "relative mode". > > In our example, we have written each note with an octave > denomination: one apostrophe: > > ' > > for the so-called "first octave", which is the octave inmediately > above and including the central c, and two apostrophes: sp: "immediately". "inm-" is Spanish. In English it's called "middle C". > To make a note one octave lower as it would otherwise appear, add a > coma: sp: "comma". A coma is a form of unconsciousness. > or other, no less impotant clefs, like: sp: "important" > \key (name of the tonica) \(major or minor) sp: "tonic" > Now for the rythmic values. sp: "rhythmic" I think it's a great introduction! Pierre _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user