Re: Supporting my work on LilyPond financially

[Urs Liska]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> schrieb:
>SoundsFromSound <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> The biggest complaint I've heard from many of my peers (when it comes
>> to possibly switching from Finale/Sibelius) is that "LilyPond looks
>> like way too much work" and "Text input?? That makes absolutely no
>> sense for music.  You're not writing a book! It's a score!".

>Well, I'd argue that a mouse makes absolutely no sense for music input.

And I'd add that what you input as text is much closer to the content you 
input. If you want an 'a' you write 'a'.
Sounds completely convincing to me, but doesn't seem to be very effective 
usually ...

Urs

>A practised typist can write several hundred words per minute and keep
>this up for quite a long time.
>
>Input the same amount of information with a mouse, and you'll have
>Repetitive Strain Injury in no time at all.
>
>MIDI input would be a good compromise if you are an actual keyboard
>player: LilyPond's input tool shed is not too impressive here.  But
>MIDI
>only carries the performance part of the musical information, not the
>notational part.
>
>-- 
>David Kastrup
>
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