Ah... ________________________________________ From: lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore....@gnu.org [lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore....@gnu.org] on behalf of David Kastrup [d...@gnu.org] Sent: 05 June 2011 11:28 To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: LilyPond to Finale :-(
Shane Brandes <sh...@grayskies.net> writes: > The most curious thing about the whole situation was the editor I > spoke with who was pretty enthusiastic and a supporter of my endeavors > was also very proud of the fact that he had originally gotten his > music published because of his exceptionally clean hand. That amused > me since there is no way a hand written score could compete with the > output that is now possible, I disagree. You can capture subtleties of phrasing and meaning into a handwritten and/or a hand-engraved score that a computer engraver can't mimic because the information/understanding is just not there. Computer output tends to score better in a number of categories over manual work, and score rather awful in categories you did not think of as being even relevant because "nobody would do that". ------ Oh goody..gives me an excuse to link to these: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Langer/misc/aphex-twin-deathwaltz-1.jpg or http://www.well.com/user/bryan/quartet.gif :) Ready everyone...ah-one ah-two ah-three... James _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
