Hi all, Following up on this thread from December…
Attached is an example containing the choral parts from the first verse of my “Wither’s Carol”. (If you’re interested, you can find more information on the piece, including a recording, at <http://kierenmacmillan.info/withers-carol/>.) My goal is to design a mechanism/structure which gives the engraver-user “complete flexibility” when it comes to the final layout (e.g., the octavo layout will almost certainly be quite different from the full score layout, viz-a-viz breaks and thus system content). If you look at the score, you’ll see that the absolute minimum Staff+Lyric requirements are: 1 Staff + 1 Lyrics (below for SATB) for mm. 1-8; 2 Staff + 2 Lyrics (one between for SAT, one below for B) for mm. 9-12; 2 Staff + 4 Lyrics (above and below upper for S and A, above and below lower for T and B) for mm. 13-15; 1 Staff + 1 Lyrics (below for SATB) for mm. 16-17. Of course, they can all be expressed using 4 Staff + 4 Lyrics — and mm 13-15 probably *should* be expressed that way (since the “minimum” might be unnecessarily confusing). However, I want to structure the Lilypond code such that I can *choose* — or, better yet, let Lilypond choose — which setup to use, based on spacing needs, line and page breaks, etc. The setup should support markups (a la \partcombine) and end-of-system arrows to indicate splitting/combining, and so on. My first instinct is to break the shared content into a variable (only if absolutely necessary), use \addQuote etc. to populate the other parts, and use \showStaff and \letStaffVanish to indicate where 2 and/or 4 staves are absolutely necessary. But I also know there are new DivisibleStaff mechanisms (which I have not looked into in depth yet) that may be useful. I think the best solution may be of wider interest, so I would like to brainstorm this little example with anyone who is interested in doing so, with an eye to releasing a “Best Practice” example once we’re done. Thanks, Kieren. _______________________ Kieren MacMillan, composer www: <http://www.kierenmacmillan.info> email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info
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