I am relatively new at LilyPond usage, though I've typeset about 5 pieces so
far. Most have been piano music but a couple have been choral music. I've
recently typeset a choral piece (hymn-like, two-staff layout) using the Hymn
setup snippet below (obtained from the LilyPond samples repository).
The Hymn setup template I started with looks like the code included below. My
question is how I can modify it to put a short (about 4 measures) piano
introduction on it ... i.e. no lyrics in the intro portion. Also, at the end,
I need to put out a 4-bar piano-only finale.
I have been able to get reasonably close to what I want by using _ in the lyrics
to skip over the initial intro but I'm wondering if there may be a better, more
correct (and direct) way to do what I need. Any suggestions are greatly
appreciated.
\header {
title = "Hymn Template"
subtitle = ""
tagline = ""
poet = ""
composer = ""
}
#(set-global-staff-size 20)
\include "english.ly"
upperOne =
\relative a'{
\time 4/4
\voiceOne
a4 b c d a b c d \break
}
upperTwo =
\relative a'{
\voiceTwo
d,4 e f g d e f g
}
lowerOne =
\relative a {
\time 4/4
\voiceOne
a4 b c d a b c d
}
lowerTwo =
\relative c {
\voiceTwo
d4 e f g d e f g
}
firstverse = \lyricmode {
La la la la la la la la
}
secondverse = \lyricmode {
Do do do do do do do do
}
thirdverse = \lyricmode {
Re re re re re re re re
}
fourthverse = \lyricmode {
}
refrain = \lyricmode { so so so so so
}
\score{
\context StaffGroup<<
\context Staff = "upper"
<<
\clef treble
\context Voice = "one" \upperOne
\context Voice = "two" \upperTwo
>>
\lyricsto "one" \new Lyrics {
\set stanza = "1. "
\firstverse
}
\lyricsto "one" \new Lyrics {
\set stanza = "2. "
\secondverse
}
\lyricsto "one" \new Lyrics {
\set stanza = "3. "
\thirdverse
}
\context Staff = "lower" <<
\clef bass
\context Voice = "one" \lowerOne
\context Voice = "two" \lowerTwo
>>
>>
\layout {
\context{\Lyrics
minimumVerticalExtent = #'(-0.5 . 3)
}
\context{\StaffGroup
\remove "Span_bar_engraver"
}
\context{\Staff
minimumVerticalExtent = #'(-3 . 3)
autoBeaming = ##t
\unset melismaBusyProperties
}
\context{\Score
barNumberVisibility = #all-invisible
}
}
\midi { }
}
\paper {
linewidth = 6\in
indent = 0
pagenumber = "no"
}
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