Re: New User Questions

[David Bobroff]

On 11/22/2011 11:18 PM, Brandon Pisani wrote:
> Howdy, y'all,
>
> I just started trying to use this recently. My eventual use is to 
> compile a personal (non-distributed, non-sold, etc.) tunebook for tin 
> whistle. I am trying, or thought I was trying, to start of small, and 
> I don't understand some of the structure quite yet. Please, help me 
> out with a couple of questions.
>
> First, as I'm an American and tend to use letter-sized paper (8.5" x 
> 11"), where should I put the \paper { } command?
>
> Second, and here's the rub, I'm trying to put this piece of music 
> (http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld/06/ble.htm) into the 
> program using the code after the signature on this message.  What I'm 
> running into: without the \bar "|" there's no bar between the new time 
> signature and the rest of the music. If I put in bar checks, I get 
> errors. There's no ending bar.  Maybe I'm missing some theory and the 
> original piece is written strangely. Maybe I'm missing something 
> regarding this language.
>
> Any help, suggestions, thrown fruit, send them my way.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brandon Pisani
>
> \version "2.14.0"
>
> \header {
>   title = \markup { "Trois Navires de" \concat { "Bl" \char ##x00E9  } }
> }
>
> melody = \relative c' {
>   \clef treble
>   \key c \major
>   \time 6/4
>   \autoBeamOff
>   \partial 2
>   \repeat volta 2{
>   c'4 b8 a g4 c c c c b8 c d4 e d c d e d2~ d
>   }
>   c4. d8 e4 d c d
>   \bar "|"
>   \numericTimeSignature
>   \time 4/4
>   e4 d c8([ b)] a b c4 d d2 a8 b a g g4 g8 g
>   \time 6/4
>   a4 e' e d d( e) c2~ c
> }
>
> \score {
>   \new Staff \melody
>   \layout { }
>   \midi { }
> }
>
>
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Brandon,

Just a couple things to get you started here.  First, for the paper size 
see:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/paper-size-and-automatic-scaling

For the piece you've selected as "small" you've actually picked one with 
some interesting issues.  The partial measure at the beginning you 
handled correctly, but when you get to the repeat sign you're only 2/3 
of the way through the measure so two beats later you get another bar 
line.  The music is correct as it is repeating back to the partial bar 
at the beginning but LilyPond doesn't know that.  You'll have to shorten 
the measure and hide the time signature (I think).

You are having to add \bar "|" at the time change to see the barline 
because you're actually changing time sigs in the middle of a measure.  
This has to do with where the repeat sign is.  See previous paragraph.

At the end there is no barline because you have not yet reached the end 
of the measure.  Again, you can either shorten the measure/hide the time 
signature or simply add a final barline ( \bar "|." ) manually at the 
end of the music.

Hope this helps,

-David