On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 7:49 AM Steven A. Falco <stevenfa...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have entered the attached music.  So far, I have not been able to get
> the clef or time signature to print on the first measure.
>

Steven,

The reason you cannot get the clef or the time signature to print on the
first measure is because you have removed the Time_signature_engraver from
your Staff and TabStaff contexts and you have set firstClef to #f, which
tells LilyPond not to print the first clef.

May I suggest that you take out all of the overrides, etc. from the various
parts, and just have the notes for the various parts.  Then, when you
combine the notes into a score, you put all of the overrides into the score
definition.

Also, may I suggest that in the chords you use \repeat unfold  and set
chordChanges = ##t.

You have some timing errors in your code.  You have eliminated bar checks
in the lyrics.  That is a dangerous practice.  Keep the bar checks in and
use the lyric durations as appropriate.

I've attached a partially reworked file to show what I'm thinking of.  it's
not right yet because of the bar check errors, but it show how I would do
it.

HTH,

Carl



H

>
> I can get the clef in the middle of the first measure by adding "\set
> Staff.forceClef = ##t" right after the first grace note in the
> "intro_part", but that doesn't work if I put it in front of the first grace
> note.
>
> Also, I have not been able to get the time signature to print.
>
> I'm guessing this is because of the way I'm including the "intro_part",
> but I'm not sure how else to include it.
>
> I also had to add a rest at line 68, because otherwise, the "outro_part"
> starts inside the repeat of the "melody_part".
>
> If anyone can suggest a better way to structure this, I'd appreciate it.
>
>         Thanks,
>         Steve

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