Drat it! I must have been very tired when writing the second violin part. Bleh!
Now on to the divisi. How do I do this? once I get the rhythms correct that is? I'm hoping to get the rest of it done today. The cello and bass parts will be easy. they are just octaves. I think I'll leave the 5gths out as I believe they are in the upper parts and I want that oomph. thanks very much for explaining. I'll keep practicing. Maybe I am glad he gave me this piece slow as it is. lol! Be blessed all. On Mar 2, 2013, at 5:31 AM, "Hwaen Ch'uqi" <hwaench...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings Sarah, > First, to base your music around middle c, you want to use > > c' > > However, you might also try leaving out the c indicator altogether, so > that it would look like > > \relative { MUSIC } > > In past versions, this had the same effect, and, though I believe that > was meant to be deprecated, I am pretty sure it still works in the > latest stable version. > Second, there are still plenty of errors, regarding both pitch > and rhythm, in this latest example. In the former case, remember > always to write the pitch which you _want_ to be _heard._ If you want > to hear an E-flat, write an E-flat. If you want to hear an E-natural, > simply write e. This rule of coded notation applies no matter which > key signature you indicate at the beginning of your score. LilyPond, > being mightily well designed, will consider the pitches which you have > written and will interpret and display them visually according to the > rules of the key signature which you have indicated. So, because, I > trust, you will have begun your piece with the indication > > \key c \minor > > the E-flat which you have written will be placed appropriately on the > staff _without_ any accidentals - that is, without a flat sign - > because it is understood (via the visual indicator at the beginning of > the piece, where the modified pitches of the key signature are > actually shown) to be an E-flat. Continuing with this example in c > minor, an E-natural, having been written simply as e, will be > displayed in the printed score in the correct place on the staff with > a natural sign accompanying it: You do not need to include in your > code an exclamation point, because LilyPond already knows that > E-natural does not belong in that key and will automatically place a > natural sign in the score; this is why LilyPond was telling you that > you were using unexpected exclamation points. In music of the common > practice, these exclamation points - or courtesy accidentals - should > be used very sparingly. Regarding the latter case of rhythm, the > result is that you are notating as if the Prelude is written in 5/4 > rather than 4/4. > Third, I very much understand your frustrations, having also made > the transition from Braille to printed music via LilyPond. In > actuality, many of the underlying principles of coded notation are > strikingly similar; this makes the points of difference at times hard > to remember or even to process. In the case of key signatures and > accidentals, for example, what you read on the Braille page is nearly > exactly what one reads on the printed page; both operate under the > same rules of accidentals relative to the key signature. LilyPond, > however, needs the most raw material with which to work - meaning, in > this case, the actual pitches which you want to be heard, not seen or > read. It will then do its magic correctly based upon the key signature > which you have given. To extend this slightly, having supplied > LilyPond with the correct raw material, if you then changed nothing > but the key signature, the visual output would look different, > according to the rules of the new key signature: what you would _hear_ > would remain unchanged. So, while the learning curve of LilyPond may > admittedly be steep (in large measure because you will have to become > acquainted with the general rules of visual layout in order to use > LilyPond most effectively), I encourage you never to flag in your > resolve; for, though its inception was centered around a different > need and demand, it has certainly proven to be a godsend to a wider > clientelle. > I hope this has been somewhat helpful to you, and best of luck to you. > Hwaen Ch'uqi > > > > On 3/1/13, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Ok. one more question for the night then I'll be done with this for tonight >> as I want to at least get the 2 violin parts written then work on viola, >> cello and bass tomorrow and sunday. >> >> I will be having divici parts for the second violin parts. I know odd but >> there you go. I tried the text thing >> >> Here is what I'm trying to accomplish. Realize and I did not say this >> before that I read braille music so what I see is different from what the >> print people see. We have the text and dynamics before the notes like divisi >> and unison and stuff. in parenthesis. but here is what I was going for. >> >> >> { >> <c e>4 <c e> <b! e>4."divisi" d8 c4"unis" | >> "divisi" <a c> <aes c> <g c>4. "unis" b8 a4 | >> } >> >> Am I making this harder then it really is? I want to try and finish the >> second violin part tonight if I have the head to do so lol! I read the >> manual on voicing but I don't think that was the right section as it did not >> seem like what I wanted. >> >> Oh btw another question. I like to try and bass everything around middle c, >> so what would be the relative of that would it be >> >> c'' or c'? >> >> I get a bit confused there but I will get this. >> >> Thanks all. >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> lilypond-user@gnu.org >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user