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Re: Selective partCombine


From: David Sumbler
Subject: Re: Selective partCombine
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 10:57:09 +0100

On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 at 18:01 +1000, Vaughan McAlley <vaughan@mcalley.net.au> 
wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 at 05:28, David Sumbler <david@aeolia.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > The only orchestral piece I have set in Lilypond until now was for 12
> > strings and a couple of other instruments.  I had 2 versions of the
> > strings material, one of which kept all of the parts on separate staves
> > for the parts, and the other which combined them on to fewer staves
> > (where appropriate) for the score.  This worked tolerably well: I wrote
> > one version first, then copied and edited it to produce the other.  In
> > simpler sections I could even make the necessary changes by using tags.
> >
> > But I feel that there must be a better way.  As I am now about to start
> > on a work for full orchestra, I have been experimenting with having
> > separate parts which can nonetheless be combined on to a single stave
> > using \partCombine and its cousins. For instance, I have:
> >
> > instOne = {c'4 d' e' f' | g' a' b' c'' | d'' e'' f'' g''}
> > instTwo = {a4 b c' d' | e' f' g' a' | b' c'' d'' e''}
> > instScore = ?
> >
> > The form of instOne and instTwo would be correct for the parts.  I am
> > looking for a way of writing instScore so that it combines the parts on
> > to one staff in bar 2, while keeping them separate in bars 1 and 3.
> > (Obviously this would be senseless here, but imagine that each bar
> > represents a passage taking up a full page width or more.)
> >
> > Is this possible?  Or am I approaching this in completely the wrong
> > way?
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> 
> I've been working on an old orchestral score of mine where flutes
> keep swapping to piccolo etc. I have something like this, the
> attached files. Being able to put variables in quotes is a godsend.
> 
> Vaughan

This is excellent - thank you so much for sending it.  I need to study
it in a bit more detail than I've had time for yet, but I am sure that
I can adapt these ideas to my requirements.

David




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