On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 at 18:01 +1000, Vaughan McAlley <vaug...@mcalley.net.au> wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 at 05:28, David Sumbler <da...@aeolia.co.uk> wrote: > > > > The only orchestral piece I have set in Lilypond until now was for 12 > > strings and a couple of other instruments. I had 2 versions of the > > strings material, one of which kept all of the parts on separate staves > > for the parts, and the other which combined them on to fewer staves > > (where appropriate) for the score. This worked tolerably well: I wrote > > one version first, then copied and edited it to produce the other. In > > simpler sections I could even make the necessary changes by using tags. > > > > But I feel that there must be a better way. As I am now about to start > > on a work for full orchestra, I have been experimenting with having > > separate parts which can nonetheless be combined on to a single stave > > using \partCombine and its cousins. For instance, I have: > > > > instOne = {c'4 d' e' f' | g' a' b' c'' | d'' e'' f'' g''} > > instTwo = {a4 b c' d' | e' f' g' a' | b' c'' d'' e''} > > instScore = ? > > > > The form of instOne and instTwo would be correct for the parts. I am > > looking for a way of writing instScore so that it combines the parts on > > to one staff in bar 2, while keeping them separate in bars 1 and 3. > > (Obviously this would be senseless here, but imagine that each bar > > represents a passage taking up a full page width or more.) > > > > Is this possible? Or am I approaching this in completely the wrong > > way? > > > > David > > > > > > I've been working on an old orchestral score of mine where flutes > keep swapping to piccolo etc. I have something like this, the > attached files. Being able to put variables in quotes is a godsend. > > Vaughan
This is excellent - thank you so much for sending it. I need to study it in a bit more detail than I've had time for yet, but I am sure that I can adapt these ideas to my requirements. David