Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Jacques, > What is the usual way to setup such a choral, in terms of compound time > signatures, partials, measure 13 spanning over a line break, minimizing the > number of rests such as measure 4, the display of rests at measure 8, and the > like? "Alternating time signature" = common Meas

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread Karlin High
On 8/20/2019 8:22 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Tick bar lines = uncommon This is coming from a Psalter of some sort? Originally unmetered, perhaps? I cannot find a reference just now, but I seem to remember a prior discussion (perhaps Simon Albrecht, or not) that the tick bar lines (from top

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread Remy CLAVERIE
Greetings to all,   This piece does not come from a book of psalms (there atre no more than 150 psalms) but from a song book (GesangBuch) and this is not the original metering which is only 2/2. the original pitch is also a 3rd higher.   Have a nice day, Rémy     > Message du 20/08/19 15:

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread Karlin High
On 8/20/2019 8:58 AM, Remy CLAVERIE wrote: (there are no more than 150 psalms) Well, I've heard the Orthodox traditions have 151. :) But good catch; I hadn't thought of that at all. -- Karlin High Missouri, USA ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypon

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread Remy CLAVERIE
I think you're right because the numbering has changed over the last century and I'm not familiar with it. The lithurgy at Luther's time had 150 psalms.   Rémy       > Message du 20/08/19 16:02 > De : "Karlin High" > A : "Remy CLAVERIE" , "Kieren MacMillan" , "Jacques Menu" > Copie à : "L

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread Guy Stalnaker
Jacques, Do a search for "merge-rests.ily" -- this is a LP .ily file you can include in your LP files to merge the rests of differing voices to get a single rest for places like m. 4 in your score. The file includes usage examples. I use it a great deal as I mostly write choral music. Guy Stalna

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread David Olson
Hello Jacques, If the intention is to eliminate the display of time signatures, Isn't it possible to use the make-moment function? { \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 2 2) d2 a'2 fis2} { \set Timing.measureLength = #(ly:make-moment 3 2) d2 a'2 b4 b4 } From: "Guy Stalnaker

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread Gregory Hollands
For bars that span the line break, use \partial X {...}, where X is the duration of the partial measure. You can place a partial measure anywhere, really. -Greg From: Jacques Menu > To: LilyPond Users > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 13:54:47 +0200 > Subject: Choral scores conventions que

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread Hans Åberg
> On 20 Aug 2019, at 13:54, Jacques Menu wrote: > > I’ve created this score from a psalms book, both attached, with explicit, > sometimes artificial, time signatures and rests for the time being. > > What is the usual way to setup such a choral, in terms of compound time > signatures, partial

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Gregory, > For bars that span the line break, use \partial X {...}, where X is the > duration of the partial measure. You can place a partial measure anywhere, > really. I prefer to simply use \bar "" \break Best, Kieren. Kieren MacMillan, composer (he/h

Re: Choral scores conventions question

2019-08-20 Thread Gregory Hollands
Kieren suggests another method to break a measure (see below). Both should work, just a matter of preference. -Greg On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 12:03 PM Kieren MacMillan < kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi Gregory, > > > For bars that span the line break, use \partial X {...}, where X is t