On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 3:44 PM David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > > Aaron Hill <[email protected]> writes: > > > On 2020-06-29 2:17 pm, David Kastrup wrote: > >> \voices 1,3,4,2 << \soprano \\ \alto \\ \tenor \\ \bass >> > >> which is ugly enough as it is [...] > > > > Does not seem that ugly to me, but I suppose one could encapsulate it > > via the ever-handy \etc: > > > > %%%% > > \version "2.20.0" > > > > soprano = { c''4 } > > alto = { a'4 } > > tenor = { fis'4 } > > bass = { d'4 } > > > > satb = \voices 1,3,4,2 \etc > > > > \satb << \soprano \\ \alto \\ \tenor \\ \bass >> > > %%%% > > Cute. I mean, for SATB one would likely use explicit voices anyway, but > it's a nice shortcutlery nevertheless. >
David, This notation will greatly simplify some of the choral music I set in the past year. I forgot about the discussion on the lists, and so didn't use it even though it was available. Thanks for making it work Aaron, I think this is a useful enough wrapper that it should be in the NR (and/or the LM). I would most likely use it just in sa or tb, since those are the voices that usually share a staff. This notation might actually reduce my use of \partcombine. I'll have to try it out. Thanks! Carl
