Re: Canons

[Stephan Schöll]

Hi Valentin

Appreciate your proposal very much - exactly what I was looking for.

I added

\paper {
    ragged-last = ##f
}

(not part of my initial question of course) for a perfect result.

Thanks,
Stephan

Am 31.01.2023 um 23:21 schrieb Valentin Petzel:

Hello Stephan,

this can be done quite nicely:

\version "2.24.0"

partFine = {
   % Offset bar line to mitigate slightly wider stencil of |. barline
   \once\override Staff.BarLine.X-offset = #0.41
   \bar "||"
}

notesI = \relative c' {
   c1^\markup "1." c
   \partFine
}

notesII = \relative c' {
   e2^\markup "2." e e2. e4
   \partFine
}

notesIII = \relative c' {
   g'4^\markup "3." g16 g g g g4 g g g g g
   \fine
}

\score {
     <<
     \new Staff {
       \new Voice \notesI
       \addlyrics { \lyricmode { Hel -- lo, } }
     }
     \new Staff \with { \omit TimeSignature } {
       \new Voice \notesII
       \addlyrics { \lyricmode { hal -- li hal -- lo } }
     }
     \new Staff \with { \omit TimeSignature } {
       \new Voice \notesIII
       \addlyrics { \lyricmode { hel -- lo -- lo -- lo -- lo -- lo -- lo -- lo
-- lo -- lo -- lo } }
     }
   >>
   \layout {
     \override Score.SystemStartBar.stencil = ##f
     % This allows us to have different Bars in each Staff.
     \enablePolymeter
   }
}

Cheers,
Valentin

Am Dienstag, 31. Jänner 2023, 22:17:07 CET schrieb Stephan Schöll:

Hi all

I happened to typeset a few canons from several sources the last days.
Let's assume we have a 3-voiced canon. I observed that they look
somewhere between how one would set 3 parallel voices/staves and a
single-voice tune running through 3 lines with a \break after every
"line of lyrics".

Let's start with this MVE

\version "2.24.0"

notesI = \relative c' {
    c1^\markup "1." c
}

notesII = \relative c' {
    e2^\markup "2." e e2. e4
}

notesIII = \relative c' {
    g'4^\markup "3." g16 g g g g4 g g g g g
      \bar "|."

}

\score {
      <<
      \new Staff {
        \new Voice \notesI
        \addlyrics { \lyricmode { Hel -- lo, } }
      }
      \new Staff {
        \new Voice \notesII
        \addlyrics { \lyricmode { hal -- li hal -- lo } }
      }
      \new Staff {
        \new Voice \notesIII
        \addlyrics { \lyricmode { hel -- lo -- lo -- lo -- lo -- lo -- lo
-- lo -- lo -- lo -- lo } }
      }
    >>
}

What I'd like to *change *(numbers refer to attached illustration):

* (1) remove "SpanBar" that connects the 3 staves on the left, so that
it looks like having 3 systems

* (2) remove fat barline at the end of line/staff 1 and 2, instead have
a regular one \bar "|" (as if it would look like when having a 1-voice
melody (staff) going through 3 lines (systems)

* (3) remove time signature on line 2 and 3

What I'd like to *keep*:

* (4) vertical alignment of the parts / lines

* (5) "fat" barline \bar "|." at the very end, after line 3

Or should I start with a 1-voice song (takes care of barlines and time
signatures) and then address vertical alignment?

Any idea is appreciated! TIA

Stephan