Re: Absolute newbie: how do I ... ?

[Jonathan Kulp]

I've put together a quick sample of how this could work.  I'm doing this 
sort of thing with my counterpoint workbook at the moment and 
lilypond-book is excellent for it.

Two source files are attached, a .lytex and a .ly.  The .lytex file 
links to the .ly file, so be sure to put them in the same directory 
before you run it.  I think it will work without any extra LaTeX 
packages.  Just follow the instructions in Application Usage for running 
lilypond-book and it should work fine:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond-program/LilyPond_002dbook#LilyPond_002dbook

I've also attached the pdf file showing the final result.

Good luck to you (and your son!),

Jon

Joseph Haig wrote:
> 2008/11/12 guysnape <address@hidden>:
> > I've just got Lilypond working, I want to use it to print some music reading
> > practice sheets for my son who is learning piano. Is it possible to produce
> > a page containing the following?
> >
> > A text instruction (e.g. "Write the note name underneath each note")
>
> I would do this with lilypond-book:
>
>   <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/LilyPond_002dbook>
>
> It is almost certainly possible to do this without lilypond-book but I
> have never had reason to do it so I don't know how.
>
> > A staff with notes on it with an underscore character or two exactly under
> > each note (I guess treating them as lyrics), leaving sufficient space for
> > the letter name to be written.
>
> I haven't tried it, but you should be able to do this with lyrics.
> The only slight complication is that - and _ are special characters
> and I don't know how you would display a dash underneath a note rather
> than between syllables.  It might work if you put them in quotes - eg:
>
> \addlyrics { "_" "_" "_" "_" }
>
> > Another text instruction ("Put the correct note above each letter")
> >
> > A blank staff with letter names evenly spaced underneath (or between the
> > treble and bass staves).
>
> I think this will do what you want:
>
>   <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Hidden-notes>
>
> The hidden notes will be treated as any other notes, so you can add
> the names underneath as lyrics.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Joe
>
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note-names.ly
Description: Text document

note-test.lytex
Description: Text document

note-test.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document