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==LilyPond==
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=LilyPond=
 
* Check out the [http://www.lilypond.org/ LilyPond website], its tutorials, and such before you get too excited about this (you may want to learn the basics first).  Nevertheless, a few of the basics are explained here.  You'll need to install the program and get used to a text editor, the command prompt, and such too.  I recommend SciTE as a text editor for LilyPond ([[User:Veramet]] can tell you how to configure it to compile and view the pdf, and play the midi from SciTE).
 
* Check out the [http://www.lilypond.org/ LilyPond website], its tutorials, and such before you get too excited about this (you may want to learn the basics first).  Nevertheless, a few of the basics are explained here.  You'll need to install the program and get used to a text editor, the command prompt, and such too.  I recommend SciTE as a text editor for LilyPond ([[User:Veramet]] can tell you how to configure it to compile and view the pdf, and play the midi from SciTE).
  
==Comments==
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=Comments=
 
* Everything on a line after a percentage sign (%) is a comment.
 
* Everything on a line after a percentage sign (%) is a comment.
 
* There is a lot of commented out code - uncommenting it will do different things to your music, unless the comment is there for documentation purposes.
 
* There is a lot of commented out code - uncommenting it will do different things to your music, unless the comment is there for documentation purposes.
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* Write your lyrics in the section for those parts (you may have to create them if you have many verses).
 
* Write your lyrics in the section for those parts (you may have to create them if you have many verses).
 
* Move the line that says ''%\new Lyrics = basses { s1 }'', or such, to its proper position in the score: i.e. the bass section would go between 161 and 162 of your file.
 
* Move the line that says ''%\new Lyrics = basses { s1 }'', or such, to its proper position in the score: i.e. the bass section would go between 161 and 162 of your file.
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=Where do I put my notes?=
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* Put the soprano part on line 127, the alto after line 133, the tenor after line 155, and the bass after line 160.
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==What if I have more than four parts?==
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* Well, this is an SATB template, but there are ways.
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** If you want extra clefs and such, you may need a new template - or make a new one based off of this one.
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** If you want it all on two clefs, just use notation for chords.
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*** For a c major chord (with the duration of a quarter note), type the following in place of the notation for a note: <g' e' c'>4 (this could be put in the soprano section for three different soprano notes)
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*** If you want polyphonic music (with moving parts) that has more than four parts, try the following <<{}{}>> (put the top notes, including durations, in the first set of brackets; put the bottom ones in the second; you can create a third set of brackets and so forth); putting two slashes (I forget whether they were forward or backward) between the sets of brackets will make the stem directions face different ways.

Revision as of 17:28, 19 April 2007

Back to the templates page.

LilyPond

  • Check out the LilyPond website, its tutorials, and such before you get too excited about this (you may want to learn the basics first). Nevertheless, a few of the basics are explained here. You'll need to install the program and get used to a text editor, the command prompt, and such too. I recommend SciTE as a text editor for LilyPond (User:Veramet can tell you how to configure it to compile and view the pdf, and play the midi from SciTE).

Comments

  • Everything on a line after a percentage sign (%) is a comment.
  • There is a lot of commented out code - uncommenting it will do different things to your music, unless the comment is there for documentation purposes.

Lyrics

Getting Lyrics to Show Up

  • First of all, type out your lyrics
    • i.e. the first verse would be at the end of the section that starts with sopWords = \lyricmode; the second verse lyrics go in the section entitled sopWordsTwo = \lyricmode, and so on.
  • There are two things to uncomment, for each verse/stanza:
    •  %\context Lyrics = sopranos \lyricsto sopranos \sopWords
    •  %\new Lyrics = sopranos { s1 }

What about different alto, tenor, and bass lyrics?

  • Write your lyrics in the section for those parts (you may have to create them if you have many verses).
  • Move the line that says %\new Lyrics = basses { s1 }, or such, to its proper position in the score: i.e. the bass section would go between 161 and 162 of your file.

Where do I put my notes?

  • Put the soprano part on line 127, the alto after line 133, the tenor after line 155, and the bass after line 160.

What if I have more than four parts?

  • Well, this is an SATB template, but there are ways.
    • If you want extra clefs and such, you may need a new template - or make a new one based off of this one.
    • If you want it all on two clefs, just use notation for chords.
      • For a c major chord (with the duration of a quarter note), type the following in place of the notation for a note: <g' e' c'>4 (this could be put in the soprano section for three different soprano notes)
      • If you want polyphonic music (with moving parts) that has more than four parts, try the following <<{}{}>> (put the top notes, including durations, in the first set of brackets; put the bottom ones in the second; you can create a third set of brackets and so forth); putting two slashes (I forget whether they were forward or backward) between the sets of brackets will make the stem directions face different ways.