2004-09-16 Heikki Junes <hjunes@cc.hut.fi>
+ * Documentation/user/{changing-defaults,examples,invoking,
+ tutorial}.itely: Expand 's to is.
+
* Documentation/user/notation.itely: Capitalize only first letter.
* Documentation/user/programming-interface.itely: Capitalize Scheme.
@itemize @bullet
@item Its size is independent of the horizontal spacing, unlike slurs or beams.
-@item It is a piece of text. Granted, it's usually a very short text.
+@item It is a piece of text. Granted, it is usually a very short text.
@item That piece of text is typeset with a font, unlike slurs or beams.
@item Horizontally, the center of the symbol should be aligned to the
of the music. For very simple music, perhaps just once or twice. For
very complex music, every bar.
-@item One bar per line. If there's anything complicated, either in the music
+@item One bar per line. 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.
@section Piano templates
@subsection Solo piano
-Here's a simple piano staff.
+Here is a simple piano staff.
@lilypond[verbatim,raggedright]
@subsection Piano and melody with lyrics
-Here's a typical song format: one staff with the melody and lyrics, with
+Here is a typical song format: one staff with the melody and lyrics, with
piano accompaniment underneath.
@lilypond[verbatim,raggedright]
@section Small ensembles
@subsection SATB vocal score
-Here's a standard four-part SATB vocal score. With larger ensembles,
+Here is a standard four-part SATB vocal score. With larger ensembles,
it's often useful to include a section which is included in all
parts. For example, the time signature and key signatures are almost
always the same for all parts.
@subsection Bagpipe music
-Here's an example of bagpipe music. It demonstrates a big strength of
+Here is an example of bagpipe music. It demonstrates a big strength of
LilyPond, compared to graphical score editors: in LilyPond, you can
very easily reuse small segments of music without writing them out
completely. This template defines a large number of small segments
on the mailing list for the bug. Sometimes the bug will have already
been reported and a fix or workaround is already known.
-Here's an example of a good bug report:
+Here is an example of a good bug report:
@verbatim
Note that this example only has one staff, whereas
the previous example had three seperate staves. That is because this
example begins with a single note. To determine the number of staves,
-LilyPond looks at the first element. If it's a single note, there's one
-staff; if there's a simultaneous expression, there's more than one staff.
+LilyPond looks at the first element. If it is a single note, there is one
+staff; if there is a simultaneous expression, there is more than one staff.
@lilypond[fragment,quote,verbatim,relative=2]
{
Articulations and fingerings are usually placed automatically, but you
can specify a direction using @samp{^} (up) or @samp{_} (down). You can
-also use multiple articulations on the same note. In most cases, it's
+also use multiple articulations on the same note. In most cases, it is
best to let LilyPond determine the articulation directions.
@lilypond[fragment,quote,verbatim,relative=2]