https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/writing-parts#quoting-other-voices may help with the second question.
On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 5:08 PM TJ Kolev <tjko...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > I've decided to notate a brass band piece from a paper copy into some > digital format that would be easier to edit and transform Picked LilyPond > and have been using it with Frescobaldi. So far very happy with the whole > setup. > > I did a couple of instruments, and I am feeling my way through it. You can > find what I have so far here: > https://github.com/tjkolev/MusicScores/tree/develop/DanubeHoro > > I've been using the documentation a lot, and there are nice examples. > However I have some questions I was unable to find answers for. I am hoping > to get some ideas from this group. > > (1) DrumVoice > Is there a way to define a default "note" for a drum voice? The piece has > the bass drum and cymbal playing the same thing (with a two bar exception). > I currently have the music duplicated, both rendering with the "bd" note. > It would be nice if each was rendered with its separate note head. I was > looking for something like this: > > \new DrumVoice *bd* { \voiceOne \stemUp \bassncymA ... } >> \new DrumVoice *cymc* { \voiceTwo \stemDown \bassncymA ... } > > > Re: > https://github.com/tjkolev/MusicScores/blob/develop/DanubeHoro/drums.ly#L211-L212 > > (2) Copy music and replace bars > Some of the instruments, for a good part of the piece, play the same > notes. Or transposition of some notes. Except here and there for a couple > of bars they play different music. I am looking for a way to do something > like this: > > new frenchHornMusic = flugHornMusic.Transpose(); > flugHornMusic.Replace(bars(10 through 14), { .... }); > flugHornMusic.Replace(bars(108 through 114), { .... }); > > I know I can combine snippets of music, but the above is easier, when only > a few bars differ. I am OK writing some custom function, and I looked at > the "Extending" documentation. Could not figure out how the music is > structured and how to get to the bars (if such an object exists). > > I would appreciate any suggestions for the above issues. Or comments on > how I am putting together the whole score. > > Cheers! > tjk :) >
