Richard Shann <richard.sh...@virgin.net> writes: > here is your problem. You are hoping that the timing of your keypress > could be interpreted and a duration of note estimated from it. Such > systems have been tried many times, and are offered by programs that > don't care if you succeed or not, as long as you buy the program. They > don't work because of the subtleties of timing, rests and notation > (consider, 1/4 note tied to 1/8 note is the same duration as dotted 1/4 > note).
Rumor does this, to some extent. > Be aware that in terms of speed of entry, it would not help: with the > numeric keypad method you can incorporate the slurs as you enter the > rhythm, and (with the latest version of Denemo) you can enter triplets > while not breaking your rhythm. What it would save is getting used to > switching key press of each type of duration, which is definitely a > knack. As a lousy keyboard player I can tell that some notes are shorter or longer than others, but is it a half note? Or a dotted quarter? It's hard for me to tell beforehand. (Yes I agree that it would be beneficial to learn, but apparently I'm not just a lousy keyboard player, also a lazy one :) ). Later, while working out the LilyPond score, I straigthen out these details but the more I get right initially the less I need to do later. I'll give denemo an additional try. -- Johan _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
