Re: A problem with lilypond

[Brett McCoy]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Francisco Vila <address@hidden> wrote:
> 2011/10/19  <address@hidden>:
>> The situation is that I have to completely fill all the lilypond´s code on
>> the site and then generate the score. It gets difficult to count the bars
>> and the note durations and get right for the first time.
>> I were wondering if there is someway to fill the code and at same time
>> generating the score for me to see what I am writting?
>
> When I am typing music with Frescobaldi, I usually type a measure at a
> time and press CTLR-M immediately, then I continue typing without
> waiting for LilyPond to finish.  Think of it as a sort of frequent
> 'manual refresh' of the PDF preview.  If my music does not always end
> in a measure edge, something is wrong.  The problem would be in the
> line before the current one, or the one before that.

If you put | at the end of each measure, Lilypond will warn you if you
have the wrong number of beats in the measure.   I also get into the
habit of always putting the note duration after every note... it's not
necessary, since Lilypond will always use the previous note's
duration, but it helps eliminate errors and you can easily count the
beats that way and there's no ambiguity when you are scanning your
code.

-- 
Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com
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