On Tue, 26 May 2020 at 18:12, Lib Lists <
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> However, I know that \partcombine doesn't accept more than two voices,
> so I guess I cannot (hypothetically) combine all the voices together
> and let Lilypond sort out when the voices contain the same or
> different materials and generate, when needed, additional voices or
> staves.
Hello,
Great project !
I have used several times the technique mentioned on this list and documented only in the regression test ‘
divisi-staves.ly’.
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/input/regression/collated-files.html#divisi-staves.lyIt is indeed necessary to indicate yourself the portions where staves can be combined, but it works very well (automatic filling of the rest of the line notably) and the rendering is very professional.
Otherwise I usually have one file per instrument for the notes (and one folder per movement) plus files for the conductor and each instrument part with common "defs.ily", "paper.ily", "header.ily", "layout.ily" files and possibly "instrument-breaks.ily" or "instrument-tweaks.ily" files towards the end for final adjustments.
I don't use a "global" variable and I enter the notes in relative mode but it's a matter of personal preferences.
Good luck with that,
Xavier