Re: Transposing an entire score

[Karlin High]

On 12/5/2017 9:34 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> > I asked an almost identical question in November and the first answer I 
> > received worked. Unfortunately, it doesn't work this time, perhaps because the 
> > score is formatted differently.
> > As a mere musician, I'm afraid many of the answers I received last time were 
> > too technical for me to understand, so I'd be really grateful for simplicity in 
> > responses.

> Thoughts:
>
> 1. Why do you use version 2.14? If only to ensure that more people on the list 
> can help you, you should consider upgrading to the most recent stable (or even 
> unstable) version.
>
> 2. Your code formatting/structure makes it *very* difficult (at least for me) 
> to quickly figure out what’s going right/wrong.

I am pretty sure that the Lassus_Osculetur_me.ly file was not produced 
by the OP. It seems identical to this thing on CPDL.

http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/images/6/6d/Lassus_Osculetur_me.ly

So I am guessing that the version and coding style are just like it was 
found.

Hang in there, Peter! LilyPond is challenging to learn. So are all the 
other notation programs I have ever seen. (Or if not, they're not very 
capable, either.) And some of the LilyPond projects on the IMSLP and 
CPDL websites have file structures and coding styles that are not the 
easiest to follow.

One approach you could try is starting with a standard template - 
something like what Kieren wrote here, perhaps, or one from the LilyPond 
documentation:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/learning/templates
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/snippets/templates

With these, it's easier to understand what's happening with the code. 
Then you could try copying and pasting the pitch-and-duration code from 
the project you want.

Eventually, you'll have to choose between learning how LilyPond does 
things...

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/learning/index.html

...or taking your chances with list members' patience for fixing large, 
broken projects from online music repositories...

...or reaching out to someone offering paid LilyPond consulting. 
Possible examples, although I don't know exactly what they'd offer in 
that area:

https://book.openlilylib.org/contact-about.html
http://kierenmacmillan.info/commissioning/#contact
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Karlin High
Missouri, USA