Re: basic question regarding \drummode

2016-11-05 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 05.11.2016 20:41, Thomas Morley wrote: At the current point of time, only a DrumStaff accepts a DrumVoice so this should cause very little change. The only change to be feared is that \drums \with ... { } would apply the context mod to the DrumVoice, not the DrumStaff. This will make it

Re: basic question regarding \drummode

2016-11-05 Thread David Kastrup
Thomas Morley writes: > 2016-11-05 14:11 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup : > >> Now here is another consideration: I wanted to use \drums here but it >> created another DrumStaff. >> >> It turns out that the shortcuts >> >> \figures \chords \drums \lyrics >>

Re: basic question regarding \drummode

2016-11-05 Thread Thomas Morley
2016-11-05 14:11 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup : > Now here is another consideration: I wanted to use \drums here but it > created another DrumStaff. > > It turns out that the shortcuts > > \figures \chords \drums \lyrics > > all create a Bottom context _except_ for \drums. Should we

Re: basic question regarding \drummode

2016-11-05 Thread David Kastrup
Thomas Morley writes: > 2016-11-05 12:39 GMT+01:00 Malte Meyn : >> >> >> Am 04.11.2016 um 23:15 schrieb Tobin Chodos: >>> >>> What's the best way to handle a percussion part that has a lot of >>> pitched and un-pitched material? >> >> >> You could

Re: basic question regarding \drummode

2016-11-05 Thread Thomas Morley
2016-11-05 13:46 GMT+01:00 Thomas Morley : > 2016-11-05 12:39 GMT+01:00 Malte Meyn : >> >> >> Am 04.11.2016 um 23:15 schrieb Tobin Chodos: >>> >>> What's the best way to handle a percussion part that has a lot of >>> pitched and un-pitched material?

Re: basic question regarding \drummode

2016-11-05 Thread Thomas Morley
2016-11-05 12:39 GMT+01:00 Malte Meyn : > > > Am 04.11.2016 um 23:15 schrieb Tobin Chodos: >> >> What's the best way to handle a percussion part that has a lot of >> pitched and un-pitched material? > > > You could have a “pitched” Staff accept not only “pitched” Voices but

Re: basic question regarding \drummode

2016-11-05 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 04.11.2016 um 23:15 schrieb Tobin Chodos: What's the best way to handle a percussion part that has a lot of pitched and un-pitched material? You could have a “pitched” Staff accept not only “pitched” Voices but also DrumVoices: \version "2.18.2" \new Staff \with { \accepts DrumVoice

Re: basic question regarding \drummode

2016-11-04 Thread Edward Ardzinski
Shouldn't any tonal parts be a specific instrument (such as a vibraphone)? Each instrument should have it's own staff, regardless if more than one voice is handled by a single performer. In the case the players are moving around, and say there are times where player A plays the snare while

basic question regarding \drummode

2016-11-04 Thread Tobin Chodos
Hi all, What's the best way to handle a percussion part that has a lot of pitched and un-pitched material? The part is declared with just one \DrumStaff, but then \switchInstrument seems powerless to take it out of \drummode. Seems like various workarounds are possible, but I bet someone has a