Hi James,
Thanks for chiming in! Very helpful.
> 1. Always use music variables and THEN transpose them in the \score, rather
> than transpose them in the variable (if that makes sense?)
Definitely. This, I think, is Best Practice #1. In fact, "put the notes in
variables and [try to] do everything else in the score" might be the single
rule of thumb that I try to live by.
Q: When you have a doubler-switch in the middle of a passage, do you use two
different variables and combine them [sequentially] later, or do you have a
single variable with \instrumentSwitch?
> 2. Try to keep the fancy \tweaks and \h-aligns to a minimum [...]
> Keep as many overrides in the \layout { } part of the \score { } as you can
> as that makes it much easier (for me anyway) to keep my actual music 'clean'
> for reviewing in the .ly file.
Also fabulous advice… although I try to keep to that in *ALL* scores, not just
the extra-problematic doubler scores.
> 3. Make lots of %comments as you go :) this is mainly for #2 above.
Good point.
Q: Do you use \tag for things like clef differences (e.g., bass clarinet
showing in treble clef in the part, but bass clef in the conductor's C score)?
I'm trying to avoid \tag when possible -- since it mixes presentation in with
my content -- but it seems unavoidable. =(
Thanks!
Kieren.
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