On Sat, 2017-04-15 at 12:34 +0200, Rutger Hofman wrote: > On 04/13/2017 03:37 PM, David Sumbler wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2017-04-13 at 09:19 -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > > > > > Hi David, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At the moment I cannot really see how to deal with this sort of > > > > problem, other than having completely separate input for the > > > > score > > > > and > > > > the part at these points, controlled by tags. But is there a > > > > better > > > > way - one which requires less duplication of material in the > > > > input? > > > > > > > > Any suggestions or pointers to help with this will be > > > > gratefully > > > > received! > > > If you search for ‘divisi’ on the list — and sort in reverse > > > chronological order (which really should be the default!) — > > > you’ll > > > find many related threads, containing lots of hints and tips on > > > how > > > to attack this problem (e.g., <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/ > > > lily > > > pond-user/2016-08/msg00256.html>). > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > Kieren. > > It does - I simply hadn't thought of searching for "divisi"! Even > > after a cursory glance at some of the stuff that that search comes > > up > > with, I can see that this is going to be very helpful. > > > > Thanks > > > > David > Yes, this can be accomplished with the divisi engraver (or whatever > it > is called), but I would recommend to use this only in the full > score, > and keep all variants of e.g. Violin I in one part, including > first/second half, solo parts etc. From what I have seen, that is > customary in professional editions. I have seen a Messiaen Violin I > part > where the divisi is in (uh... what was it... ) 8 or 10 or so solo > parts, > and all were in the same physical Violin I 'part'. > > For winds, this is a different matter. A separate part for each > instrument is usual, although sometimes the parts for e.g. the two > flutes are combined into one 'part'. I have seen that mostly in > French > editions, FWIW. > > Rutger
I agree with what you say - in the Messiaen example you mention, I would expect the 8 or 10 divisi Violin 1 lines to be in one physical part, but probably on 4 or 5 lines - perhaps even 8 or 10. As an ex-flautist, I would say that the custom of having, say, Flutes 1 and 2 in the same physical part is very useful, so long as each player has a separate copy of the part. For flutes, in particular, having 2 players trying to read off the same copy is completely unacceptable because of the sideways length of the instrument. In the ballet company for which I mostly worked in the last couple of decades, I encouraged our arrangers/copyists/typesetters to do the flute, clarinet, horn etc. parts in this way. My principle reason for doing this was that if there is a "dep" (deputy) player owing to illness or any other reason, they are far less likely to get lost during a performance if they can see their partner's line of music above or below their own. It gives them confidence, resulting in the likelihood of a better performance than if they are sight-reading a part with no external references. David _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user