On Mon, 26 May 2025 at 09:08, Helge Kruse <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would like to write choral scores for soprano I, soprano II, alto and > bass. > > The first part is quite simple. All parts are almost in unison, only the > bass is an octave lower. This section should be written on two staves. > The upper system consists of the sopranos and the alto part, the lower > one of the bass. > > The second part starting on a bar we have two sopranos, which are given > their own system. The alto is on the second system and the bass on the > third. How can I write this in Lilypond? > > Which syntactic tools can I use? > For the first part I would write the notes in a variable and use > \addQuote and \quoteDuring to avoid writing the same melody several > times. Is there a better way? > > I have no idea how I can notate the move from three voices (S1,S2,A) in > one system to separate systems (S1,S2) (A).
Hello, Have a look at the "divisi" staves example in NR 1.6.2 Modifying single staves > Hiding staves https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/hiding-staves Basically a combination of use of Keep_alive_together_engraver and \override VerticalAxisGroup.remove-layer Kind regards, Xavier
