Re: rearrange music flow

[Carl D. Sorensen]

On 12/27/08 5:00 AM, "Johan Vromans" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Arjan Bos <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Will this help you?
> 
> I don't think so. At least, if I understand Antanas correctly.
> 
> Assume you have a piece of music that consists of several sections.
> For example, intro, verse1, chorus, verse2, chorus, bridge, verse3,
> chorus, coda.
> 
> The normal way to program this in LilyPond is to create the individual
> voices:
> 
> sopranoMusic = { intro for soprano, verse1 for soprano, ... }
> altoMusic    = { intro for alto, verse1 for alto, ... }
> tenorMusic   = { ... }
> bassMusic    = { ... }
> 
> and so on. Likewise the lyrics, orchestral, etc.
> 
> So far, so good. Now I decided that I want to rearrange some sections.
> For example, add a chorus before the first verse, and swap verses 2
> and 3.
> 
> There's no easy way to accomplish this. Using (many) variables will
> help, but only if you applied the variables from the start, and then
> it is still a cumbersome task. The main reason is that the programming
> is done horizontally, per voice, while shuffling sections is a
> vertical operation.
> 
> I think this is what Antanas refers to. His suggestion is to have a
> grouping operator that you only need to apply to one voice, and that
> will group all voices vertically.

I spent some time trying to figure this out a few months ago, and never
succeeded.  I have some new ideas that I will try today.

Carl