------- Original Message -------On Thursday, April 27th, 2023 at 05:03, Stu McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 2023-04-26 16:24, [email protected] wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm just getting started with lilypond so I hope this issue is not obvious. > > As I'm playing the drums, many tutorials I found regarding lilypond do not > > quite apply in the details. So far the two things I've found are > > https://lilypondcookbook.com/toc and the docs > > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-percussion > > (if you've got additional nice tutorials, I'd be glad to have some more). > > > > The thing I struggle the most is how to properly "organize" the lilypond > > code. Typically music (drum stuff especially when just writing a rough > > scheme) has lots of repetitions. > > > > The problem I've got on this end is that when writing for drums usually you > > use two voices for the two hands (in one staff) e.g. > > > > % from the tutorial I linked above > > up = \drummode { > > % Stems Up notes go here > > } > > down = \drummode { > > % Stems Down notes go here > > } > > \score {<< \new DrumStaff << > > \new DrumVoice { \voiceOne \up } > > \new DrumVoice { \voiceTwo \down } > > > > > > > > } > > > > . So to be able to use repetitions, I need lots of `<< \new Drumvoice{ > > \drummode{ \voiceOne content here }} \new Drumvoice{ \drummode{ \voiceTwo > > content here }} >>`. This looks so ugly and verbose (see the larger example > > below) that I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. Am I? > > > > Does anyone of you has any experience working with drums in lilypond? Any > > examples (not as small as in the docs/simple tutorials where the issue of > > complexity does not arise but preferably not too large) I could have a look > > at? Any advices for me as a lilypond beginner? > > > > > > PS: > > Everything I state is just how I've read/learnt it so far and I'm just > > starting to get familiar with lilypond. So there might be errors in my > > statements. > > > > I hope what I write is understandable (I'm no expert in music and technical > > terminology in a foreign language is always particularly difficult) > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > > An excerpt of my writing (just writing a sheet for a song, no composing) > > (and see the attached image for the output): > > > > \repeat volta 2 { > > \repeat percent 3 { > > << > > \new DrumVoice{ > > \drummode{ > > \voiceOne > > \repeat unfold 12 hh8 > > } > > } > > \new DrumVoice{ > > \drummode{ > > \voiceTwo > > bd4 r8 sn4 r8 > > bd4 r8 sn4 bd8 > > } > > } > > >> > > } > > } > > \alternative{ > > { > > << > > \new DrumVoice{ > > \drummode{ > > \voiceOne > > \repeat unfold 11 hh8 > > } > > } > > \new DrumVoice{ > > \drummode{ > > \voiceTwo > > bd4 r8 sn4 r8 > > bd16 bd8 bd16 sn8 sn4 tomml16 tomml16 > > } > > } > > >> > > } > > { > > << > > \new DrumVoice{ > > \drummode{ > > \voiceOne > > \repeat unfold 11 hh8 > > } > > } > > \new DrumVoice{ > > \drummode{ > > \voiceTwo > > bd4 r8 sn8 sn8 bd8 > > bd16 bd8 bd16 sn8 sn8. sn16 sn16 sn16 > > } > > } > > >> > > } > > } > > > > I think this is quite a codebase for such a small piece on the sheet and > > the only thing (apart from maybe using quite a lot newlines) blowing this > > up is that `\new Drumvoice` etc is being used everywhere > > I've been writing drum scores for many years and I'm still learning new ways > of doing things. > > My approach is to use includes and variables as much as possible to reduce > duplicating everything. > > Taking bar 1 from your example, here's a simplified structure that I use: > > Song_LetterSizePaper.ly > > \version "2.24.0" > > \include "Title.ly" > \include "../SetPaperSizeLetter.ly" > \include "../Variables.ly" > \include "CyDr.ly" > > \header { > title = \thisTitle > subtitle = " " %% to force a space under the title > } > > \score { > \new DrumStaff > << > \new DrumVoice { \voiceOne \Cy } > \new DrumVoice { \voiceTwo \Dr } > >> > \layout { indent = 0.0\cm ragged-last = ##t } > } % end of score > > The includes: > > Title.ly > \version "2.24.0" > thisTitle = "Title - Artist" > > SetPaperSizeLetter.ly (One directory up so that other scores can use it) > > \version "2.24.0" > \paper { > #(set-paper-size "letter") > % Centre the score with 1 inch left and right margins: > left-margin = 1\in > line-width = 6.5\in > % That leaves 1 inch for the right margin. > } > > Variables.ly (One directory up so that other scores can use it) > > HHSix = \drummode { \repeat unfold 6 hh8 } > > CyDr.ly > > \version "2.24.0" > > Cy = \drummode { > \HHSix > } > > Dr = \drummode { > \time 6/8 > \tempo 4 = 140 % or maybe 4. = 140? > bd4. sn > } > > As you learn, you will probably want to use your own definitions in your own > DrumStaff.drumStyleTable, but to get going, try some simple scores and > progress from there. Hi, this is a quite nice separation of variables/settings into different files. I took this for my current writing (and most probably will stick to it with slight modifications). Thanks for the suggestion. Best wishes Lukas
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