Question: How does this structure work with Lyrics? Jerry
On Sat, Sep 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM J. G. Stalnaker <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks! Saving keystrokes is always good. > > -- > > "There is only love, and then oblivion. Love is all we have to set > against hatred." (paraphrased) Ian McEwan > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 10:40 AM Simon Albrecht <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I figured this could be another entry for what might be a loose series, >> please let me know if I should knock it off or keep it going. >> >> Entering many chords in succession gets cumbersome quick, especially in >> relative mode with wide intervals: >> >> \relative { <c g' e'> <c a' f'> <c bes' g'> <c a' f'> | <c g' e'>1 } >> >> But the <> alone add up. >> >> This gets a lot easier knowing that <<>> aren’t just for different >> Voices or Staffs, they can be for simultaneous music within one Voice >> (or other Bottom context): >> >> \context Bottom << >> { c4 4 4 4 1 } >> { g4 a b a g1 } >> \relative { e'4 f g f e1 } >> >> >> >> has the exact same output and meaning as the first version, but it’s >> much easier to type and read and understand. >> >> If you explicitly created the Voice (or other Bottom context? IDK what >> other contexts this might apply to), you don’t need the \context Bottom >> part. >> >> HTH, Simon >> >>
