On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 03:36:43PM -0500, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi all, > > >> Is anyone using instrumentSwitch that can explain what the various > >> variables in addInstrumentDefinition mean? > > > > Don't use instrumentSwitch. It is a pointless frustrating waste of time. > > I agree. And I’m particularly irritated about that fact, since I was the one > who sponsored (and *paid* Han-Wen) for a point-ful non-frustrating > instrument-switching feature back in 2006. =( > > > This is a missing function of LilyPond.
Thank you to both of you. What I've been doing works. I just thought there might be a cleaner way. Paul > > > Agreed — there should be a far better way of switching instruments. > > One should be able to write (e.g.) > > \switchInstrument “piccolo” > > and the following things happen: > > 1. The clef changes, if necessary. > 2. The key signature changes, if necessary (and force-reprints, if > appropriate). > 3. The transposition changes, if necessary. > 4. The instrumentName and shortInstrumentName change, if necessary. > 5. A [user-defined] markup (e.g., \box “to piccolo”) is printed, if > appropriate. > 6+. ?? > > > So LilyPond does not store a global key signature. > > No, but as you well know, many (most?) Lilypounders abstract the key > signature (etc.) into their own global(s). > > > We could, I think, keep this organization, and write a variant of > > "\tranposition bes" that looks up the old key-signature and old > > transposition on the Staff, figures the concert key, applies the new > > transposition, figures the new key-signature for the new transposition > > and sets that new key signature. > > Why can that not be rolled into an improved instrumentSwitch? > > > I just write an explicit \key d\major at the instrument switch when needed > > This is one of the great banes of my current Lilypond existence — as a writer > of musical theatre and band/orchestral music, I need to change instruments > and keys all the time, very often in the middle of a section (w.r.t. key > signature). Trying to remember to explicitly add key signatures etc. — and > tag them as necessary — is quite frustrating, time-consuming, and error-prone. > > I offer again my help in designing, testing, and paying for a real > instrument-switching mechanism that would Do The Right Thing™. > > Thanks, > Kieren. > _______________________ > > Kieren MacMillan, composer > www: <http://www.kierenmacmillan.info> > email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
