Re: partcombine and quote don't play well together

[Rutger Hofman]

Judicious use of \partcombineUnisono and \undo of same might help with 
quoting combined with \partcombine. E.g. where you start quoting, you 
can try to specify \partcombineUnisono etc.

Rutger

On 06/06/2017 05:22 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> The snippet below contains a [M]WE showing how partcombine and quote don't play 
> well together. This limitation is interfering with my ability to put together 
> the Awesome Divisi Choral Framework™ I'm currently working on.
>
> In <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-08/msg00215.html>, 
> Malte offered a solution which helped me get through the same issue when I was 
> cramming out an orchestral score. But, as Malte points out, the method is hacky, and 
> has limitations, and ultimately
>
> > it would be nice if LilyPond allowed quotes that really copy the quoted music 
> > to the quoting instrument.
>
> Is there a superior workaround?
> In particular, is there a [long-term] fix/improvement we can easily and quickly 
> get into the codebase?
>
> Thanks,
> Kieren.
>
> %%%  SNIPPET BEGINS
> \version "2.19.60"
> \language "english"
>
> sop = { c'8 r d'4 }
> \addQuote #"sop" \sop
>
> alt = \sop
> altQ = {
>    \quoteDuring #"sop" s2
> }
>
> \markup "Partcombine + variable = SUCCESS:"
> \new Staff \partcombine \sop \alt
>
> \markup "Partcombine + quoted = FAIL:"
> \new Staff \partcombine \sop \altQ
> %%%  SNIPPET ENDS
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