Re: Is lilypond suitable for big composition projects?

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Stefano Troncaro wrote
> Hi Jonas,
> 
> If every compilation is taking that long, maybe you are compiling several
> movements each time? In case you are, you can comment out the parts of the
> music that you are not working with to make the whole thing more agile, I
> do this with multi-movement works.
> 
> Unfortunately I can't offer you more advice than that.
> 
> 2018-03-22 13:12 GMT-03:00 Shane Brandes <

> shane@

> >:
> 
>> Composition tactics are a very individual to a persons habits and
>> skill sets. I use LilyPond for composing intermittently. If it is in
>> my head and needs to be set down it is useful. If I am actively trying
>> to work something out; I work with paper and pencil or pen, as nothing
>> beats that for efficiency. Sometimes If I have the ideal structure of
>> a piece worked out I will map that out in LilyPond and then fill in
>> the blanks as I have time. But I don't think that is a good tool for
>> composition unless you have a lot of skill with it. I am sure there
>> are others that might disagree, but as far as resulting output it is
>> tremendous and as yet there is nothing that looks as worthwhile to
>> use.
>>
>> As far as the midi you ought to be able to go to whatever measure and
>> beat you want to examine and listen to it using the midi tool in
>> Frescobaldi.
>>
>> regards,
>> Shane
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Jonas Daverio <

> daverio.jonas@

> >
>> wrote:
>> > That may seem like a stupid question, but I've been using LilyPond with
>> > Frescobaldi for a year and a half, but I start to ask myself if it is
>> as
>> > efficient as if I had used another tool like Musescore.
>> >
>> > I explain: I don't have at all a powerful computer, and I think that an
>> > essential feature that I have to have to compose efficiently is to see
>> what
>> > I've written in real-time. There is such a feature in Frescobaldi name
>> > "continuous engraving" (or something like that, my version is not in
>> > English), but on my slow computer and with a big project such as a
>> 20-pages
>> > quartet or symphony, it takes at least 40 to 50 seconds to render.
>> >
>> > In addition, it would be great to hear the music out of the midi file
>> by
>> > clicking on the preview (like on almost every WYSIWYG music software)
>> but
>> > Frescobaldi's midi player is pretty useless for that.
>> >
>> > I'm not saying that LilyPond and Frescobaldi are bad, it's probably
>> just
>> me
>> > who don't know the right tools or the right way to use them. I'm asking
>> to
>> > find a way to make my workflow more convenient to compose.
>> >
>> > Do you have any suggestions?
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
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Yes, I'm already using the trick \set Score.skipTypesetting = ##f, but it is
not so convenient.



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