Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

[Tim Roberts]

James wrote:
> Oh if you've ever had to transcribe a piece of 'real' music (by real I
> mean an old dog-eared printed complete score that's in the 'wrong'
> pitch for your instrument) I cannot believe that typing letters on a
> keyboard is anything but *significantly* faster than dragging and
> dropping graphics on a page, especially if they are peppered with
> slurs, dynamics and articulations.

Amen.  There are people who tell me they can do data entry in Finale
quite efficiently using a MIDI keyboard, but for me, from a standard
computer keyboard, entering LilyPond data could not be more efficient.

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Tim Roberts, address@hidden
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.