RE: opening Ly-files

[Hombergh Henri van den GTZ VN]

Dear Colleagues,
 
you have convinced me! I need to dive into the documentation and the tutorial 
of Lilypond. Obvioulsy no easy shortcuts here to quickly get my individual 
parts. I do appreciate your cordial and frank replies!!
 
If in Hanoi, do call, we will make or listen to music together, plenty  options 
here.
 
Henri

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From: Valentin Villenave [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Tue 19.06.2007 09:54
To: Hombergh Henri van den GTZ VN; lilypond-user
Subject: Re: opening Ly-files



2007/6/19, Hombergh Henri van den GTZ VN <address@hidden>:

> Thanks Valentin, but I do not need the score, I need the individual parts so 
> that we (a small amateur quartet here in Hanoi, Vietnam, can play without 
> having to turn the page every 30 seconds. So if you have time, please teach 
> me how to download from Mutopia.com the individual parts.


Of course; as a pianist, I hadn't thought at all that you might want
to print the individual parts!
My bad.

The point is: music expressions which are defined as an identifier, as
I told you:
instrumentName = {music...}
...can't be compiled "as is".
The easiest solution would be to edit each file, and delete what comes
before the opening curly brace (the instrumentName, and the equal
sign):
{ music...}

Another solution, somehow more elaborate, is to rewrite the main
"QuartetOpus18_No4_1.ly" file, to make *four* \score blocs instead of
one single. It might become something like:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


\include "violinoone.ly"
\include "violinotwo.ly"
\include "viola.ly"
\include "cello.ly"

\header {
  title = "Quartet No. 4 in C Minor - Opus 18 No. 4"
  subtitle = "Allegro ma non tanto"
  composer = "Ludwig van Beethoven"
}

\book {

    \score{
        \new Staff {
     \set Staff.instrumentName = "Violino 1"
     \violinoone  \pageBreak } }

\score{
        \new Staff {
     \set Staff.instrumentName = "Violino 2"
\violinotwo \pageBreak } }

\score{
    \new Staff {
     \set Staff.instrumentName = "Viola"
\viola \pageBreak } }

 \score{
    \new Staff {
     \set Staff.instrumentName = "Violoncello"
    \cello }
    }
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

I hope this will help you (it should work for the other movements as
well); and as Mats already told you, I strongly advise you to read our
tutorial as soon as you can, to fully understand how LilyPond works;
then you'll be able not only to print your parts the way you like, but
also to contribute yourself to Mutopia, or improve the existing
scores. I can assure you the Lilypond community will be very pleased
to welcome you!

Regards,
Valentin



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