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lilyinput: Providing LilyPond compatible input

Description

A function (in development!) that writes a file to be processed by LilyPond by extracting the relevant information (e.g. pitch, length, ...) from columns of a data frame. The music notation software LilyPond can transcribe such an input file into sheet music.

Usage

lilyinput(X, file = "Rsong.ly", Major = TRUE, key = "c", 
    clef = c("treble", "bass", "alto", "tenor"), time = "4/4", 
    endbar = TRUE, midi = TRUE, tempo = "2 = 60", 
    textheight = 220, linewidth = 150, indent = 0, fontsize = 14)

Arguments

X
A data frame containing 4 named components (columns):
  • note: Integer - the notes' pitch in halftones from diapason (a), i.e. 0 for diapason a, 3 for c', ...
  • length: Integer - denominator of length
file
The file to be written for LilyPond's input.
Major
Logical indicating major key (if TRUE) or minor key.
key
Keynote, necessary to set sharps/flats.
clef
Integer indicating the kind of clef, supported are treble (default), bass, alto, and tenor.
time
Character indicating which meter to use, examples are: "3/4", "4/4".
endbar
Logical indicating whether to set an ending bar at the end of the sheet music.
midi
Logical indicating whether Midi output (by LilyPond) is desirable.
tempo
Character specifying the tempo to be used for the Midi file if midi = TRUE. The default, "2 = 60" indicates: 60 half notes per minute, whereas "4 = 90" indicates 90 quarters per minute.
textheight
Textheight of the sheet music to be written by LilyPond.
linewidth
Linewidth of the sheet music to be written by LilyPond.
indent
Indentation of the sheet music to be written by LilyPond.
fontsize
Fontsize of the sheet music to be written by LilyPond.

Value

  • Nothing is returned, but a file is written.

encoding

latin1

concept

  • LilyPond
  • transcription
  • transcribe
  • note

Details

Details will be given when development has reached a stable stage ...!

References

The LilyPond development team (2005): LilyPond - The music typesetter. http://www.lilypond.org/, Version 2.7.20. Preu�er, A., Ligges, U. und Weihs, C. (2002): Ein R Exportfilter f�r das Notations- und Midi-Programm LilyPond. Arbeitsbericht 35. Fachbereich Statistik, Universit�t Dortmund. (german)

See Also

quantMerge prepares the data to be written into the LilyPond format; quantize and quantplot generate another kind of plot; and exhaustive example is given in tuneR.