Second effort guidance

[Alaric Haag]

Hello 'ponders,

While spending over a week in the dark here in Baton Rouge (from 
hurricane Gustav) I started passing my time working on a Steve Hackett 
guitar piece in Lilypond. It was quite a satisfying way to burn up the 
dark evenings (and my laptop battery power before charging at the office 
the next day!)

So, now I'm hooked, and I'm trying to reproduce Sor's Etude, Op. 6, No 
11. The first three measures are rendered with the code below, but I 
KNOW I missing many basics that would make this a LOT easier going. Is 
anyone willing to offer some guidance? The piece follows the basic 
pattern of these measures throughout with the lead half note, quarter 
notes emphasizing the melody line, and the triplets carrying the melody 
along, without triplet numbers.

I know I have a lot of reading to do, but I'd appreciate some pointers, 
topics, etc that might help me.

Many thanks!

Alaric

-----snip-----

\header{
  title = "Etude"
  subtitle = "Op. 6, No. 11"
  composer = "Fernando Sor"
}

\new Staff \with {   \consists "Span_arpeggio_engraver" }

{
\time 4/4
\tempo "Allegro moderato"

\key g \major
\set Staff.connectArpeggios = ##t

#(define RH rightHandFinger) 

\break % Measure 1
   << \override TupletNumber #'transparent = ##t 
      \override TupletBracket #'transparent = ##t 
   {  \times 2/3 {r8 e' g'} 
      \times 2/3 {b' e' g'} 
      \times 2/3 {e'' e' g'} 
      \times 2/3 {e'' e' g'} } \\
      \once \override Rest #'transparent = ##t 
      { r4 b' e'' e'' } \\
      { e2*2/4 } >>
   << \override TupletNumber #'transparent = ##t 
      \override TupletBracket #'transparent = ##t 
   {  \times 2/3 {e''8 g' b'} 
      \times 2/3 {b' e' g'} 
      \times 2/3 {e'' e' g'} 
      \times 2/3 {e'' e' g'} } \\
      { e2*2/4 b'4 e'' e'' } >>
   << \override TupletNumber #'transparent = ##t 
      \override TupletBracket #'transparent = ##t 
   {  \times 2/3 {r8 e' g'} 
      \times 2/3 {b' e' g'} 
      \times 2/3 {e'' e' g'} 
      \times 2/3 {fis'' e' g'} } \\
      { e2*2/4 b'4 e'' fis'' } >>

\break % Measure 4
   << {  } \\
      {  } >>
   << {  } \\
      {  } >>
   << {  } \\
      {  } >>

}


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