Hi Ben, I didn’t follow this entire thread closely, so I’m not 100% sure whether the functions herein would change my answer, but…
> Just one final curiosity question: > Say you were engraving a full orchestra piece, where many instruments had 1,2 > or 3 parts (i.e. flute 1,2,3, trumpet 1,2, etc). > Would you set up each instrument part (1,2,3) separately as variables and > then part combine them on a staff in the score > > or > > would you compose them on one staff/variable, "inline" where you just create > 'voices' as you go along. > (assuming that there is a decent amount of independence between the parts of > the same instrument.) I would set each up separately, and then part combine them in the score(s). > Would that encourage one approach over the other, or would you always do it > the same way even if the parts (1,2,3) were 99% identical in the score of the > same instrument? I would always do it the same way regardless, using quotes to reduce (hopefully eliminate!) redundant note code. Hope that helps! Kieren. ________________________________ Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
