Re: Book of tunes with an index

[Christopher R. Maden]

On 12/13/2017 04:02 PM, Ralph Palmer wrote:
> I'm running LilyPond 2.19.80 under Linux/Ubuntu 16.04.
>
> I have a fair amount of experience with LilyPond, but none with 
> lilypond-book or LaTeX.
>
> I'm assembling a collection of fiddle tunes, and I'd like an index.
> I thought of using a table of contents, but that won't quite work, I
> don't think. The problem is that some tunes are known by multiple
> names, and I'd like a quick way to find a tune under any of its
> names. I'd like the index to precede the tunes (like a table of
> contents).
>
> Is there a fairly straightforward way to accomplish this? The
> learning curve for LaTeX seems rather steep, and I don't think I
> would need LaTex for anything besides the index. Same with
> lilypond-book. I could be mistaken.
>
> I already have the tunes transcribed, with alternative titles. I also
> have a spreadsheet that contains columns for title, two or three
> alternative titles, and the LY filename.

I’m not aware of a straightforward way to accomplish this.

What I did was to make an XML file of my tunes:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<tunes longest-src="Ess.I.S.T. p.99">
  <title>crism’s tunes</title>
  <tune-group tune-type="Reel">
    ...
    <tune xml:id="oranmore" key="Dmaj" src="Ess.I.S.T. p.10"
      tag="oranmore" tempo="240 4">
      <title sorts="bucks-of-oranmore,the">The Bucks of
        Oranmore</title>
      <alt-title sorts="bucks-of-carranmore,the">The Bucks of
        Carranmore</alt-title>
      <alt-title sorts="bucks-of-cranmore,the">The Bucks of
        Cranmore</alt-title>
      <alt-title sorts="hearty-bucks,the">The Hearty Bucks</alt-title>
      <arranger>
        <person>
          <name>
            <given-name>Dave</given-name>
            <family-name>Mallinson</family-name>
          </name>
        </person>
      </arranger>
      <arranger>
        <person>
          <name>
            <given-name>Chris</given-name>
            <family-name>Maden</family-name>
          </name>
        </person>
      </arranger>
    </tune>
    ...
  </tune-group>
  ...
</tunes>

For each tune, I have a file called id_music.ly (oranmore_music.ly in 
this case) that defines a variable called idLayout (oranmoreLayout for 
this one) with music suitable for including in a LilyPond score object.

I run XSLT to generate a LilyPond file that looks like this:

\version "2.16.2" % I need to update the conversion to 2.18 now...
#(set-default-paper-size "letter")
\paper {
  bottom-margin = 0.5\in
  left-margin = 0.75\in
  line-width = 7.25\in
  print-all-headers = ##t
  right-margin = 0.5\in
  top-margin = 0.5\in
}
\include "oranmore_tune.ly"
% ...
\book {
  \header {
    title = "crism’s tunes"
  }
  \markuplist \table-of-contents
  \bookpart {
    \tocItem \markup {
      \bold "Reels"
    }
    \header {
      title = "Reels"
    }
    \tocItem \markup { \hspace #2 "The Bucks of Oranmore" }
    \label #'oranmore
    \score {
      \oranmoreLayout
      \header {
        arranger = "arr. Mallinson, Maden"
        subtitle =
        \markup {
          \tiny {
            \medium {
              \italic {
                \center-column {
                  "The Bucks of Carranmore; The Bucks of Cranmore; The 
Hearty Bucks"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
        title =
        \markup {
          \large {
            "The Bucks of Oranmore"
          }
        }
      }
      \layout {}
    }
% ...
  }
% ...
  \bookpart {
    \tocItem \markup {
      \bold "Tunes by Key"
    }
    \header {
      title = "Tunes by Key"
    }
    \markuplist {
      \column-lines {
% ...
        \line { \bold "D maj, B min, E dor, A mix (♯♯)" }
        \line { \hspace #2 \italic "Reels" }
% ...
        \line { \hspace #4 "The Bucks of Oranmore (Dmaj)" }
% ...
      }
    }
  }
  \bookpart {
    \tocItem \markup {
      \bold "Index"
    }
    \header {
      title = "Index"
    }
    \markuplist {
      \column-lines {
% ...
        \vspace #0.5
        \line { \hspace #30 \bold { "= B =" } }
% ...
        \line { \page-ref #'oranmore "Ess.I.S.T. p.99" "Ess.I.S.T. 
p.10" \hspace #1 …… \hspace #1 \concat { "The Bucks of Carranmore (" 
\italic { "The Bucks of Oranmore" } ")" } }
        \line { \page-ref #'oranmore "Ess.I.S.T. p.99" "Ess.I.S.T. 
p.10" \hspace #1 …… \hspace #1 \concat { "The Bucks of Cranmore (" 
\italic { "The Bucks of Oranmore" } ")" } }
        \line { \page-ref #'oranmore "Ess.I.S.T. p.99" "Ess.I.S.T. 
p.10" \hspace #1 …… \hspace #1 \italic { "The Bucks of Oranmore" } }
% ...
        \vspace #0.5
        \line { \hspace #30 \bold { "= H =" } }
% ...
        \line { \page-ref #'oranmore "Ess.I.S.T. p.99" "Ess.I.S.T. 
p.10" \hspace #1 …… \hspace #1 \concat { "The Hearty Bucks (" \italic { 
"The Bucks of Oranmore" } ")" } }
% ...
      }
    }
  }
}

This allows cross-referencing of all the tunes in my collection by key 
and alternative titles, including the ones I haven’t transcribed yet.

The XSLT also generates a standalone file:

\version "2.16.2"
\include "oranmore_tune.ly"
theArranger = "arr. Mallinson, Maden"
theComposer = ##f
theFullChords = \oranmoreFullChords
theFullTune = \oranmoreFullTune
theLayout = \oranmoreLayout
theSubtitle =
\markup {
  \tiny {
    \medium {
      \italic {
        \center-column {
          "The Bucks of Carranmore; The Bucks of Cranmore; The Hearty 
Bucks"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
theTempo = #(ly:make-moment 240 4)
theTitle = "The Bucks of Oranmore"
\include "tunes.ly"

... for generating a single-sheet version of the tune and a MIDI file 
(with the help of tunes.ly).

Something analogous could be done in LaTeX as well, but I’ve been more 
in the XML world than TeX for the last 20 years or so.  I’m happy to 
share the details with interested parties.

~Chris
--
Chris Maden, text nerd
<URL: http://crism.maden.org/ >
Emperor Norton had the right idea.