Rosegarden Books and Tutorials

Rosegarden Companion

Rosegarden Companion, by D. Michael McIntyre, was the definitive companion guide and tutorial which showed you how to unleash the power of Rosegarden 1.0. You might still be able to find a copy for sale, but the book is now out of print, and the publisher is not interested in doing an updated edition.

Rosegarden Companion in HTML

This is the last snapshot of the old, free documentation, before the book deal. I revised and expanded this core to prepare the manuscript for publication. Unfortunately, I have no legal way of making the full manuscript available, and all that additional work seems to be lost now.

Supplemental Tutorials

Lead Sheets with LilyPond

This tutorial explains how to use Rosegarden 1.7.2 and up to create lead sheets using Rosegarden in conjunction with LilyPond.

Piano Notation by Example

This tutorial leads you step by step through the process of importing a piano and vocal performance MIDI file, and correcting the resulting notation as much as possible. The piano part has multiple voices in both hands, and there are several verses of lyrics, so this tutorial addresses multiple topics that should be of interest to nearly every notation user.

A Romantic Overture

This tutorial begins with a performance MIDI file of Beethoven's Fidelio Overture, and leads you through the process of importing it, adapting the notation to real instruments, and creating both a conductor score and individual player parts.

The Rosegarden Notation Challenge

I have encountered a number of things over the years that I felt should be mentioned in some kind of tutorial, but which didn't justify standing on their own. The Rosegarden Notation Challenge is a way for me to deal with interesting isolated cases as I encounter them.