On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 2:13 PM Kieren MacMillan < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Carl, > > > As I started thinking about the sample, it seems to me that the > Frescobaldi template.is exactly what you want. It allows the choice of > all your desired parts, and has appropriately named variables for all the > music and lyrics. > > > > Kieren, have you ever tried the frescobaldi choral templates? > > Yes. > Just to be clear, you've tried File -> New -> Score Wizard? This sounds close to what you want. You would still need to do some fooling around to get a barbershop quartet exactly right, but it would get you close. > > > If so, what do you dislike about them for your use case? > > In a perfect world, I want to be able to say [pseudocode] > > \makeScore #’( tenor, lead, bari, bass ) > > for a barbershop quartet piece and > > \makeScore #’( sop1, sop2, alt, ten1, ten2, bass ) > > for SSATTB, and have the framework Do The Right Thing™ automagically. > I'm unclear as to how you would want this to work. Would it create a template for you? -- Knute Snortum
