Sharing: "Capone," by Rachael [pdf]

[Rachael Thomas Carlson]

Hello All:

I finished my first transcription with Lilypond a couple of days ago.  I am 
proud of it.  I have realized a couple of flaws since finishing it but since I 
do not feel like writing another 5K lines of code for this piece I have 
decided that it is done.

I have found this community extraordinarily helpful.  I am excited to 
continue working with all of you!  And I must say, I have used Finale in 
the past but Lilypond surpasses it in almost every way.  I have talked 
with a fellow fingerstyle buddy of mine who also does transcriptions 
(with Finale, though) and he gripes about some of the same stuff but 
because he is not able to manipulate how Finale interprets what he is 
attempting to tell it he ends up spending many hours attempting to 
input something that could be input within an hour with Lilypond (and 
emacs/vim).  

In the Fingerstyle world, notating String-dampening or string stopping is 
of the utmost importance.  Michael Hedges is the composer who comes 
to mind who used it with beautiful results.  With Finale, you have to use 
a separate program to input the string dampening.  With Lilypond, you 
can use a TextSpan that is placed in the #-1 layer.  If anyone is 
interested in the .ly file of the piece please let me know.  Also, I am 
more than open to constructive criticism.

I am very proud of Lilypond.  I look forward to working more with the 
program and its outstanding community!

Thank you,
Rachael Thomas Carlson

capone.complete.pdf
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