On 20 January 2012 10:29, Benedict Singer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/19/2012 01:32 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> On Jan 19, 2012, at 10:19 PM, Benedict Singer wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've been away from Lilypond for a while (I used it as a composer to set >>> my pieces, and composition has taken a back seat for a few years). I just >>> want to say that looking at the new features in 2.14 (and in 2.12 before >>> that), it's incredible what everyone has done, so much thanks! >>> >> Welcome back! >> >>> Alternatively, do I need to play games with stopping/starting staffs and >>> reprinting clefs/key signatures? If so, how do I make it look exactly like >>> the start of a new system (brackets, possibly instrument names, etc)? >> >> This is a fairly difficult job for lilypond to do - I'm not sure if >> there's an issue on our isuse tracker open for this, but it's worth >> e-mailing the bug list just to check. >> >> A quick idea (you'd have to make it un-ugly, but the functionality is >> there): > > I had considered this idea, but forgotten that you can have full score > blocks inside markups, and that instrument names could be full markups. With > your example, it all came back to me, and so far it works fine. I'll have to > manually tweak the indents to get each one correct, so it's not completely > automatic, but I think this approach should suffice, since the prefaces are > all short and simple. For the curious who come after me, I've attached a > rework of my previous example in the new style showing what this looks like. > > Thanks! > > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
Nancho Alvarez uses this technique (score within marked-up instrument name) to produce incipits of renaissance choral music. They look great! See any recent score from this page: http://www.uma.es/victoria/partituras.html Vaughan _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
