Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-15 Thread donald_j_axel
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:06:30 -0500 Kieren Richard MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, for my own learning curve -- especially when I'm a newbie in > some field -- I find it useful to see "real-world" examples, which > almost by definition will include tens (if not hundreds) of > tip

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-14 Thread John Williams
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > Mutopia can be very helpful, but there are problems with the > files there as examples: > > 4. Last, there is some questionable notation here and there. There > is a great need for constructive criticism, and I don't feel that > it would be appre

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-14 Thread Stan Sanderson
On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at 07:14 AM, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 17:30, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: Nick: Kieren, what you are suggesting definitely makes sense. The more examples the better, especially if they are written in a style and with comments that

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-14 Thread Chris Sawer
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> David Raleigh Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Mutopia can be very helpful, but there are problems with the > files there as examples: > > 1. It is not clear before download what version of lilypond was used to > create a file. There is a very

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-14 Thread Nick Busigin
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > Mutopia can be very helpful, but there are problems with the > files there as examples: > > 1. It is not clear before download what version of lilypond was used to > create a file. There is a very nice footer at the bottom of > Mutopia-2004/01/

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-14 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Wednesday 14 January 2004 14.14, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > On Tuesday 13 January 2004 17:30, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: > > Nick: > > > Kieren, what you are suggesting definitely makes sense. The more > > > examples the better, especially if they are written in a style and > > > with c

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-14 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 17:30, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: > Nick: > > Kieren, what you are suggesting definitely makes sense. The more > > examples the better, especially if they are written in a style and > > with comments that make it easy to follow what you are doing with > > the lily c

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-13 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
Nick: Kieren, what you are suggesting definitely makes sense. The more examples the better, especially if they are written in a style and with comments that make it easy to follow what you are doing with the lily code and possibly why. Well said! My purpose was merely to point out that a resourc

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-13 Thread Nick Busigin
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: > What makes sense to me (and, perhaps, no one else?) is a dozen or more > "standard" examples -- like the Satie and Schumann pieces, but widely > ranging in "purposes", and intentionally developed as teaching/learning > aids -- used as step-

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-13 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
Hello, all -- Han-Wan wrote: (stretching the analogy). I think it is better to just have a simple portable bookcase as a demonstration. Actually, as you probably know, reverse engineering is not easy (for most people) -- it's the PLANS that are the most helpful, based on most people's learning

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-13 Thread Nick Busigin
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > almost by definition will include tens (if not hundreds) of > > tips/tricks/techniques working together towards a well-defined, > > "useful" goal. Being shown how a bolt fits into a nut is one thing; > > seeing fourtee

example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-13 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > almost by definition will include tens (if not hundreds) of > tips/tricks/techniques working together towards a well-defined, > "useful" goal. Being shown how a bolt fits into a nut is one thing; > seeing fourteen bolt-and-nut combos combined with three pieces of > d

example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-12 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
Hey, y'all... Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: For the tips & tricks, it is best if the each example is stripped to its bare essentials, and only demonstrates one and only one tip or trick. I would agree with this *to a point*. However, for my own learning curve -- especially when I'm a newbie in some