Hi Alessandro, > Let me explain, because I'm afraid I fell into the XY problem (if that's > true I apologize for the time wasted). I have a directory with all the > songs I transcribed, like: > . > ├── song1.ly > ├── song2.ly > ├── song3.ly > └── song4.ly > > I would like to be able to compose each song separately (so that I can > quickly inspect what I am doing, and in case print out a single sheet > per time), and then maybe have a file (LaTeX or Lilypond) that includes > different songs.
This is exactly what I do, for most of my projects. I write operas and musicals and other large-scale multi-movement works for the “musical stage”. Take, for example, my current front-burner project, “The Quest” (a two-act “Broadway-style” musical about four Grade 9 girls who play a D&D-like game called “Quest”… It has 24 musical songs/cues in it. I have 24 _notes.ily files Prologue_notes.ily StuckInsideASchool_notes.ily etc. In each, I have a variable which creates a “full score” for that song, and I have a file editing.ly with which I can work on any given single song/cue by simply changing which notes file I \include. Finally, I have all the different output scores I need: TheQuest_pianoconductor.ly TheQuest_pianovocal.ly TheQuest_vocalchoral.ly TheQuest_score.ly TheQuest_keyboard.ly TheQuest_bass.ly etc. In those, I \include the appropriate style file (musical_parts_20pt.ily or musical_pianoconductor.ily or whatever) so that the output is exactly what I want/need. > I would like to control whether to print chords or not > depending on a option (even better a CLI argument, > but I don’t think it's possible). I’m quite sure a CLI argument could be passed, and then the appropriate Scheme code in your Lilypond file could include/exclude chords as instructed. Hope this helps! Kieren. ______________________________________________ My work day may look different than your work day. Please do not feel obligated to read or respond to this email outside of your normal working hours.
