Hello list, I’ve posted this question several times before, but the discussion always got truncated or derailed… I’m hoping this time we can work this through to a solution.
Choral pieces tend to have both sections of polyphony (requiring 4 or more staves) and sections of homophony (requiring as few as 1 staff). I want to be able to arbitrarily break systems and have Lilypond Do The Right Thing™, by which I mean use the maximum number of systems when necessary, but combine voices and lyrics to 3 or 2 staves or even 1 staff where possible. Bonus points if we can convince Lily to automagically [e.g., via an engraver?] put a user-definable markup indicating who is singing at a given moment, add splitting-or-combining arrows at the end(s) of systems, etc. I’ve attached the first 17 measures of one of my original carols as an example we can work with/through. Is anyone out there willing to work with me to find the Best Practice here? I’m happy to do this on-list or off-, as appropriate. Thanks, Kieren. ________________________________ Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info
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