Re: vocalName vs. instrumentName

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Simon,

> In vocal scores there is a convention of displaying the name of a singer upon 
> entry as a markup above the staff, sometimes in a special font (sans serif, 
> narrow). Now, if Instrument_name_engraver actually did such a thing that 
> would be a very good feature, and a sensible use for vocalName.

This is (or at least is intimately related to) a feature I’ve been asking about 
for quite some time: the parameter-controlled printing of instrument or vocal 
names/labels at the beginning of each system or page, especially when dealing 
with partcombine-d staves.

If I understand them correctly, this is a perfect job for a Scheme engraver. 
Now if only I spoke Scheme…

Cheers,
Kieren.


Kieren MacMillan, composer
‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info
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Re: vocalName vs. instrumentName

[David Kastrup]

Simon Albrecht  writes:

> Am 20.04.2017 um 17:59 schrieb David Kastrup:
>> Simon Albrecht  writes:
>>
>>> Hello everybody,
>>>
>>> I’m wondering: what are the historic and functional differences
>>> between vocalName and instrumentName?
>> vocalName/shortVocalName are fallbacks when neither instrumentName nor
>> shortInstrumentName are set.  That's all seemingly.
>>
>>> Are there any? Does anybody have a clever policy when to use
>>> vocalName? Does anybody use it at all?
>> Looks rather pointless to me, to be honest.
>
> They were announced as a change in v2.2:
>  with the description
> ‘Voice names, for vocal lines, have been added. They are similar to
> instrument names. They can be set by defining |vocalName| and
> |vocNam|.’
> – which doesn’t tell us how they’re _similar_, but different from
> instrument names.
> In vocal scores there is a convention of displaying the name of a
> singer upon entry as a markup above the staff, sometimes in a special
> font (sans serif, narrow). Now, if Instrument_name_engraver actually
> did such a thing that would be a very good feature, and a sensible use
> for vocalName.

As far as I can see, they are completely identical in behavior to
instrumentName.

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David Kastrup

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Re: vocalName vs. instrumentName

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 20.04.2017 um 17:59 schrieb David Kastrup:

Simon Albrecht  writes:


Hello everybody,

I’m wondering: what are the historic and functional differences
between vocalName and instrumentName?

vocalName/shortVocalName are fallbacks when neither instrumentName nor
shortInstrumentName are set.  That's all seemingly.


Are there any? Does anybody have a clever policy when to use
vocalName? Does anybody use it at all?

Looks rather pointless to me, to be honest.


They were announced as a change in v2.2: 
 with the description
‘Voice names, for vocal lines, have been added. They are similar to 
instrument names. They can be set by defining |vocalName| and |vocNam|.’
– which doesn’t tell us how they’re _similar_, but different from 
instrument names.
In vocal scores there is a convention of displaying the name of a singer 
upon entry as a markup above the staff, sometimes in a special font 
(sans serif, narrow). Now, if Instrument_name_engraver actually did such 
a thing that would be a very good feature, and a sensible use for vocalName.


Best, Simon

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Re: vocalName vs. instrumentName

[David Kastrup]

Simon Albrecht  writes:

> Hello everybody,
>
> I’m wondering: what are the historic and functional differences
> between vocalName and instrumentName?

vocalName/shortVocalName are fallbacks when neither instrumentName nor
shortInstrumentName are set.  That's all seemingly.

> Are there any? Does anybody have a clever policy when to use
> vocalName? Does anybody use it at all?

Looks rather pointless to me, to be honest.

-- 
David Kastrup

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