Hi Carl,
On Oct 12, 2013, at 10:25 PM, Carl Peterson <carlopeter...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The basic answer is that you ideally need two sequential sets of voice
> contexts, one for the verse, one for the chorus. So this would be your basic
> setup:
>
> \score {
> \new Staff = "top" {
> << \new Voice = "sopVerse" { } % voice for verse melody and combined alto
> \new Voice = "altoVerse" { } % voice for verse alto lines that
> require separate stem, such as "days" on line 2
> >>
> << \new Voice = "sopChorus" { } % voice for chorus melody and combined
> alto
> \new Voice = "altoChorus" { } % voice for chorus alto lines that
> require separate stem, particularly "gently home" at end
> >>
> }
> \new Staff = "bottom" {
> << \new Voice = "tenVerse" { } % voice for verse tenor lines requiring
> separate stems
> \new Voice = "bassVerse" { } % voice for verse bass and combined
> tenor stems
> >>
> << \new Voice = "tenChorus" { } % voice for chorus tenor lines requiring
> separate stems
> \new Voice = "bassChorus" { } % voice for chorus bass and combined
> tenor stems
> >>
> }
> }
>
> You'll then associate your lyrics with the proper voices. Since the tenor
> requires no separate lyrics (the final "gently home" can be attached to the
> altoChorus voice), the mmr is not a huge issue here. You may need to do some
> manual positioning to put it up high enough.
>
I am so very grateful for your help. I have taken some time to study your
answer and do some practicing. I'm sorry to say that I'm still stuck. Where I
am getting confused is how to make a partial line (such as a note here or there
in the Voice "altoVerse") come in and out next to a continuous running line (as
the mixed soprano/alto Voice "sopVerse"). Here's what I tried that I thought
made sense, although it also seemed like doing it the hard way. In any case, it
did not work:
womenVerse = \relative c' {
\global
\keyTime
\new Voice = "sopVerse" {
<ef g>4. <f af>8 <fs a>4 <g bf> |
<af c>2 <g bf>4 <ef g> |
<c' ef>4. <c ef>8 <bf d>4 <af c> |
<g bf>2. r4 |
<f af>4. <g bf>8 <af f'>4 <af d> |
<g ef'>2 <ef g>4 <g ef'> |
<f d'>4.
}
<<
\new Voice = "sopVerse" { f8 }
\new Voice = "altoVerse" { f8 }
>>
\new Voice = "sopVerse" {
<ef g>4 <ef a> |
<d bf'>2. r4 |
<d af'>4. <d af'>8 <d af'>4 <d af'> |
<d af'>2 <ef g>4 r |
<ef c'>4. <ef c'>8 <fs c'>4 <fs c'> |
<g bf>2. r4 |
<f af>4 <g bf> <bf g'>4. <af f'>8 |
<g f'>4 <g ef'> <ef c'> <ef af> |
\set doubleSlurs = ##t
<ef g>8( <g bf>4) <g bf>8 <f af>4 <d f> |
\unset doubleSlurs
}
<<
\new Voice = "sopVerse" { ef2 }
\new Voice = "altoVerse" { ef2 }
>>
\new Voice = "sopVerse" {
r4 \bar "."
}
}
Then I tried to plug in my variable to a score block after your model, but I
didn't have any luck. I figure somehow I'm not using the variable right. Do you
have a hymn you have done that you wouldn't mind sending the file so I could
study it? Or perhaps the hacked version is different so it wouldn't work on my
end?
> P.S.: nice scan from Wiegand's _Praise for the Lord_
Good catch! So was that a Google search or are you familiar with that hymnal? I
was really excited that you recognized it. I think it's my favorite of the
current hymnals.
Thanks again for your kind help.
PS. For anyone: is it proper etiquette to reply to all or just the person who
responded?
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