Notating same part in two different mixtures of clefs

2012-05-16 Thread Christopher Webster
Suppose I have a solo part which can be played either on cello or on viola da gamba. Cello solo parts are normally written in a mixture of bass and tenor clefs; gamba parts in a mixture of bass and alto clefs. In either case it's quite possible to encounter a change of clef every few bars.

Re: Notating same part in two different mixtures of clefs

2012-05-16 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Christopher Webster christop...@claytonwebster.net wrote: What's the most elegant way in which I can enter the notes just once, but generate two output scores - one with bass and tenor clefs, the other with bass and alto clefs? what about separate voices for

Re: Notating same part in two different mixtures of clefs

2012-05-16 Thread Christopher Webster
Thank you! Of your three proposed solutions, the one with tags looks like the winner. I didn't know about tags - they look ideally suited. A feature of your first solution which I would have hoped to avoid is that you do seem to have duplicated notation - the s1*3 and the s1*2 - in the

Re: Notating same part in two different mixtures of clefs

2012-05-16 Thread Urs Liska
Am 16.05.2012 09:30, schrieb Christopher Webster: Thank you! Of your three proposed solutions, the one with tags looks like the winner. I didn't know about tags - they look ideally suited. Yes, that's exactly what they are for. A feature of your first solution which I would have hoped to

Re: Notating same part in two different mixtures of clefs

2012-05-16 Thread Christopher Webster
Yes - just to confirm that the tags were exactly what I needed. Here's the sort of thing I wanted to do: highClef = { \tag #'cello { \clef tenor } \tag #'gamba { \clef alto } } dots = \relative c { \clef bass g'4 a b r \highClef d4

Re: Notating same part in two different mixtures of clefs

2012-05-16 Thread Urs Liska
Am 16.05.2012 10:30, schrieb Christopher Webster: Yes - just to confirm that the tags were exactly what I needed. Here's the sort of thing I wanted to do: highClef = { \tag #'cello { \clef tenor } \tag #'gamba { \clef alto } } dots = \relative c { \clef

Re: Notating same part in two different mixtures of clefs

2012-05-16 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska li...@ursliska.de writes: No you don't have to edit the ly-file. You can write sth like: music = { ... } myClefI = { \clef tenor } myClefII = { \clef bass \score ... % references \music % and then redefine the variables myClefI = { \clef treble } myClefII = { \clef bass

Re: Notating same part in two different mixtures of clefs

2012-05-16 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Christopher Webster christop...@claytonwebster.net wrote: It works like a charm.  Big thank-you from me. Glad i helped :) I see that Urs already answered your questions about paralell voices. cheers, Janek ___