On Mar 12, 2012, at 9:42 AM, David Bobroff wrote:
On 3/11/2012 6:39 PM, John Link wrote:
A few years ago I was encouraged to try LilyPond as an alternative
to Sibelius because LilyPond produced more beautiful scores. I was
also told that it would allow me to do things like specify that
bars 25 through 32 are to be identical to bars 9 through 16 and
avoid cutting and pasting from bars 9-16 into 25-32. I liked what
I heard, but I was quite shocked by LilyPond's interface. I would
be interested in hearing from any Sibelius users who have
successfully learned LilyPond. How can I get going in LilyPond as
quickly as possible?
In case it's relevant, I should add that I used to program in
FORTRAN and a little bit of UNIX but never in any other languages.
Thanks in advance,
John Link
Hi John,
I can't really speak to LilyPond vs Sibelius use. On the other
hand, I used to be a Finale user and I have had *very* limited
contact with Sibelius. Having said that, while I'm aware of
differences between Sibelius and Finale they share a major feature;
namely, an interactive graphical user interface which displays your
music while you work. LilyPond, as you have likely discerned, does
not work that way at all. I have found that, for me at least, the
learning curve for LilyPond is not terribly steep, but it's long-
ish. I know just about nothing about FORTRAN aside from the fact
that it's an old programming language, but I would imagine that
having programming experience would be helpful.
I think the main hurdle is getting used to focusing on the
informational content as you input your scores and worry about
output later if you need to tweak it. The idea is that LilyPond
should do the actual 'engraving' for you without much intervention
on your part.
Hope this was useful,
-David
Thank you, David. What you wrote is very helpful. Here are a few more
questions:
1) What is the easiest way to extract parts from a score?
2) Are there any features in Finale (or Sibelius or any other
scorewriter with a GUI) that you wish you had in LilyPond?
Thanks,
John
http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johnlink
http://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject
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