I am experimenting with methods to enter notes from a manuscript and
produce several typeset scores, including at least
- one that looks very much like the manuscript, for proof reading
- another that is good for performance.
There will probably be other versions too.
Problem: the manuscript naturally has errors that need to be corrected
for a performance score, to say nothing of editorial changes that may
do more than correct errors. But I would like to make the production of
performance scores independent of the representation of the manuscript.
Data entry from the manuscript should not involve any musical
correction; editing changes for a performance score should not involve
any change to the representation of the manuscript (which has a lot of
historical significance, as well as being the source of the music).
Corrections to note durations are particularly troublesome.
I can build scripts to edit a *.ly file, say with sed, but I'd rather
stick entirely to Lilypond and its tools. Any pointers?
Thanks,
Mike O'Donnell
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