using a few years ago. @code{convert-ly} requires you to declare
which version of LilyPond you used.
-@item @strong{Include checks}: @ref{Bar check}s and @ref{Octave check}s. If you
+@item @strong{Include checks}: @ref{Bar check} and @ref{Octave check}. If
+you
include checks every so often, then if you make a mistake, you can pinpoint
it quicker. How often is ``every so often''? It depends on the complexity
of the music. For very simple music, perhaps just once or twice. For
very complex music, perhaps every bar.
-@item @strong{One bar per line of text}. If there is anything complicated, either in the music
+@item @strong{One bar per line of text}. If there is anything complicated,
+either in the music
itself or in the output you desire, it's often good to write only one bar
per line. Saving screen space by cramming eight bars per line just isn't
worth it if you have to `debug' your files.
-@item @strong{Comment your files}, with either bar numbers (every so often) or
-references to musical themes (``second theme in violins'', ``fourth
-variation''). You may not need it when you're writing the piece for
-the first time, but if you want to go back and change something two
-or three years later, you won't know how your file is structured if you
-didn't comment the file.
-
-@item @strong{Indent your braces}. A lot of problems are caused by an imbalance
+@item @strong{Comment your files}. Use either bar numbers (every so often)
+or
+references to musical themes (``second theme in violins,'' ``fourth
+variation'', etc). You may not need comments when you're writing the piece
+for the first time, but if you want to go back to change something two or
+three years later, or if you pass the source over to a friend, it will
+be much more
+challenging to determine your intentions or how your file is structured if
+you didn't comment the file.
+
+@item @strong{Indent your braces}. A lot of problems are caused by an
+imbalance
in the number of @code{@{} and @code{@}}.
@end itemize
@node Typesetting existing music
@section Typesetting existing music
-If you are entering music from an existing score (i.e. typesetting a
+If you are entering music from an existing score (i.e., typesetting a
piece of existing sheet music),
@itemize @bullet
The LilyPond input syntax occasionally changes. As LilyPond itself
improves, the syntax (input language) is modified accordingly. Sometimes
-the changes are made to make the input easier to read and write, and
+these changes are made to make the input easier to read and write or
sometimes the changes are made to accomodate new features of LilyPond.
LilyPond comes with a file that makes this updating easier:
@lilypond[quote,verbatim,ragged-right]
padText =
#(define-music-function (parser location padding) (number?)
- #{
+ #{
\once \override TextScript #'padding = #$padding
- #})
+ #})
\relative c''' {
c4^"piu mosso" b a b
@end lilypond
There are some problems with overlapping output; we'll fix those using
-the techiques in @ref{Fixing overlapping notation}. But let's also
+the techniques in @ref{Fixing overlapping notation}. But let's also
do something about the @code{mpdolce} and @code{tempoMark}
definitions. They produce the output we desire, but we might want
to use them in another piece. We could simply copy-and-paste them
\once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'padding = #2.0
\tempoMark "Poco piu mosso"
cis4.\< d8 e4 fis | g8(\! fis)-. e( d)-. cis2
-}
+}
@end lilypond
That looks nicer! But now suppose that I want to publish this
piece. My composition professor doesn't like "C" time
signatures, but I'm somewhat fond of them. Let's copy the
current @file{definitions.ly} to @file{web-publish.ly} and
-modify that. Since this music is aimed at produce a pdf which
+modify that. Since this music is aimed at producing a pdf which
will be displayed on the screen, we'll also increase the
overall size of the output.
\once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'padding = #2.0
\tempoMark "Poco piu mosso"
cis4.\< d8 e4 fis | g8(\! fis)-. e( d)-. cis2
-}
+}
@end lilypond
-Now in our music, I can either simply replace
+Now in our music, I simply replace
@code{\include "definitions.ly"} with
@code{\include "web-publish.ly"}. Of course, we could make this
-even more convenient. We could make a @file{definitions.ly} file which only
-contains the definitions of @code{mpdolce} and @code{tempoMark}, a
-@file{web-publish.ly} file which only contains the @code{\layout}
+even more convenient. We could make a @file{definitions.ly} file which
+contains only the definitions of @code{mpdolce} and @code{tempoMark}, a
+@file{web-publish.ly} file which contains only the @code{\layout}
section listed above, and a @file{university.ly} file which
-contains the tweaks to produce the output that my professor
+contains only the tweaks to produce the output that my professor
prefers. The top of @file{music.ly} would then look like this:
@example
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