>>My usual layout when typesetting hymns is a ChoirStaff, with SA-TB >>voices, main lyrics printed between staves, ... >>I was wondering, what is the best practice for positioning the >>dynamics ? Above or below the staves ? Should them be printed only >>once for all the ChoirStaff, or for each staff? > > Gould says (p 465, under "Choral writing"): > _Dynamics, expression marks and technical instructions_: place these > above each individual stave so that each singer can see them > immediately (avoid a single instruction above the top stave, as this > will most certainly be overlooked). > > and (p 468): > Two-stave SATB layout > Place dynamics and expression marks above the treble stave and below > the bass stave, to apply to both voices on each stave. > > Brian Barker
Thank you for your detailed and documented answer. I guess the first case is for 4 staves choral layout, so the dynamics don't collide or interfere with lyrics. I was thinking of doing something similar to what is described in the second case. For the bass staff, I can place dynamics below, and hope it won't be a problem if there are some "echo" lyrics (that will go below the staff as well). For the treble staff, I was wondering, won't it be confusing, as there are chord names above it as well ? Would it be enough if I put dynamics only once below the ChoirStaff ? Yann _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
