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Subject: Re: Is Lilypond right for this need?
From: Cliff Pruitt <lists.cpruitt () cliffpruitt ! com>
Date: 2006-10-31 21:27:23
Message-ID: C2DB822C-4A84-4F1C-8934-1BCA83D79000 () cliffpruitt ! com
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> I understand the "not take the time to be accurate" but my guess is
> at some point you might want to be more accurate. My general LP
> template uses voices for chord names, a rhythm context, and some
> other instrumental line - could be a vocal melody, but I'm
> primarily a bass player so more often than not it's a bass line. I
> often don't take the time to write out my bass lines exactly (like
> I ever play them the same way twice!), and the few vocal charts
> I've put together I've found that being exact in terms of a melody
> can be frustrating.
>
> So perhaps you could just write an approximate melody? Between
> that and a rhythm context the chord placement should take care of
> itself.
You're right, It is definitely my goal to progressively move more and
more towards accuracy.
Your answer is kind of way I've been leaning the more i think about
it but the thought of sitting down & coming up with approximate
melodies for 45-60 songs is somewhat daunting. Maybe I'll try it on
a few & see what I can come up with & how hard it really is for me.
I've spent a lot of today just tinkering with one sing but I've been
trying to find workarounds so maybe doing it semi-correctly will be
faster. If nothing else it may help fill in some gaps in my theory. :-)
>
>> just trying to write an app to convert some simple text file
>> into an .ly file.
>
> As for "converting" a text file to .ly - it's just a matter of
> having the correct extension from what I've found, and making sure
> you have no extraneous formatting characters creep in. I've
> written my own editor using a rich text edit box so I can have drag
> and drop, and *sometimes* some weird things happen in the
> transition between reading the text file in and writing it out.
> Probalby just my own programming mistakes! But you could just save
> the file as a txt created in say Notepad (assuming Windows) and
> copy/rename it if you want to keep the text file around.
What I was thinking was trying to write something to convert your
standard monospaced chord notation (e.g. monospaced font with chord
names over the right syllable) into a .ly file. Of course that would
involve finding the right number of syllables per measure and
creating melody & chord lines & a bunch of other hoopla...
For the time being I think I'll just try & get a chord line and a
vocal line, but I don't really need the actual notes for the melody.
I suppose I could just output the lyrics without the actual notation
for the lyric line but I'd like to avoid manually indicating duration
after every word (e.g. over4 all4 the4 earth4) so I can just specify
the lyrics later & have the multiple verses line up under each other.
Is there any chance anyone might have some relatively simple .ly
files I could see as an example? I looked at the examples on the
site, but the closest I could find was the jazz example and thats
still a bit more complex than I need. I'd like to see an example of
how to just mix chordsa simple melody & lyrics & get a feel for how
others handle that situation.
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