#Subscript in openoffice how to#
#Subscript in openoffice manual#
#Subscript in openoffice software#
#Subscript in openoffice code#

I understand that LilyPond was originally built on music notation packages of LaTeX.

LilyPond's MIDI export was a little rough last time I tried it (years ago) but useful for a listening check. There may be better tools than Frescobaldi. I haven't tried other front end apps for Lilypond. The Frescobaldi front end to LilyPond makes it manageable.

If you are very picky about rendering, LilyPond has a slightly nicer looking output, but the 'coding interface' is a significant learning threshold.

MIDI export from MuseScore is adequate for most uses I have found. It supports staves of any size, combining traditional music score and tablatures, and entry of lyrics is fairly simple.

#Subscript in openoffice software#

For general use, MuseScore is the best software I have found.

Classic music notation ('score') as well as instrument specific notation ('tablature') are 'universally' accepted, so you will find sources for existing music and your fellow musicians will immediately understand your written score/tablature.įor guitar there is an established 'classical' fingering notation with arabic numerals 1234(T) for fretting hand (T for thumb, which normally does not go on the fretboard in classical arrangements), PIMA(C) for striking hand (Pulgar/Indice/Medio/Anular - this time the pinkie, or 'Chico', is rarely considered in classical context) and roman numerals for fretting hand position. If you are just doing this for your own use, I strongly suggest using established standards. As a 'documentation readability' approach (like a modified version of the output you get from MidiView) it may make more sense.Having all information present for every note will be impossible (for most players) to read in real time.If you want to establish a new school of musical notation, expect that major effort is required (think 'lifetime achievement').

Any suggestion is welcome.įor playing music straight off the sheet, your devised notation seems to be overly complex. I might be using the wrong software for my project.

#Subscript in openoffice how to#

To be honest, I am still at the very beginning to figure out how to put my thoughts into the computer. As for the spacing, it changes with the note value. If there are multiple notes, I use fractions. Lsub is to which octave, Sub is the note value (quarter, 8th, 16th etc.), Sup is fingering instruction. In this system the numbers represent notes. I am a hobbyist musician and guitar player. I am open for any suggestions.īasically, I am trying to covert sheet music to my onw musical system. I think I should give you more info on my project. I found by adding phantom '-' is the easiest method to do so. Thanks again for the help.Īs for the spacing it, it's quite important to have a specific length. So probably I am not using it in the most efficient way. I am still trying to find my way around it.

If your spacing is for alignment of elements, stacking commands ( binom, stack, matrix) make this task easier.

#Subscript in openoffice manual#

You can use manual positioning by space to achieve alignment which looks good on screen, but goes slightly off when you print.

#Subscript in openoffice code#

Using phantom is not wrong - it gets the job done - but back again to authoring: with 'proper' space encoding the code is easier to read (for me, at least). For narrow space you can use the grave accent `. Of course, I may be wrong.įor inserted space I'd rather use the tilde ~ character. What is your purpose for using phantom? It is typically used to create a spacing to exactly match the 'phantomed' expression, but I suspect that you don't have four hyphens above/below, which you want to match the width of. The lsub token which cwolan suggests has been around for a while, yields a slightly different spacing (subscript closer to subscripted item) and makes the code easier to read (sometimes a relief when authoring complex formulas).Īnother thing that caught my attention (I know this is not your question. IIRC, the sub construct used to be the only reasonable way to create a left subscript.