Re: lilypond presentation

[Karl Hammar]

Janek:
> 2013/6/24 Karl Hammar <address@hidden>
> > Janek:
> > > 2013/6/24 Karl Hammar <address@hidden>
> > > > Janek:
> > > > > 2013/6/24 Karl Hammar <address@hidden>:
> > > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > > are there any lilypond presentations available I could use this week
> > > > > > when presenting lilypond for a few musicians here at Uppsala 
> > > > > > Cathedral.
> > > > >
> > > > > What kind of presentation are you looking for?  I mean, in-depth stuff
> > > > > showing how lilypond works inside or something like "look, Finale
> > > > > produces ugly notation and LilyPond is better!"?
> > > > Something so that people sees its value and and starts asking
> > > > questions.
> > > Excellent!  Here are some resources:
...
> > > - some "lilypond vs something else" comparisons, intended to show that
> > > typesetting really matters, and that LilyPond fares well here:
> > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/mgzcnr7bhmnl72x/engraving%20comparisons.zip
> > > (in polish again, but if you like them, i'll do a quick-and-dirty
> > > translation)
> >
> >  Eja Finale - wyci?ta 3cia strona.pdf
> >
> > shows a lot of flaws with finale, but there are nothing to compare
> > with.
> 
> indeed.  Here's Lilypond version made by me:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjrin3j51cvffbo/Eja%2C%20Mater%20%28LilyPond%29.pdf
...
> > I don't think it helps people to show them the golden standard since
> > they don't know what to look for.
> 
> That's *precisely* why i give the comparisons mentioned before to
> anyone who has at least remote connection with music: show them what
> to look for.  Once they read a few such comparisons, they'll start
> noticing engraving errors in Finale-made scores and then they'll look
> at LilyPond and say "hey, that's *really* interesting!".

You have a point.

Ok, I'll hand out the "Eja" score and lilypond dito.
Do you by chance have a plain finale version (not coloured)?
If so I could play "find five errors" with them.

Thanks for the help.

///

I'll have the presentation on friday. It will basically be

 some scores made by me
http://turkos.aspodata.se/noter/
http://turkos.aspodata.se/git/musik/

http://lilypond.org/examples.html

http://lilypond.org/text-input.html

 (or rather page 1 3-9 12 13 20-31 34 39 41 of
 http://lilypond.org/website/pdf/lilypond_lac2013.pdf)

Janeks comparisions

and hopefully inspiring discussions

Regards,
/Karl Hammar

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