On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 10:45:42PM +0200, Markus Brueckner wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> Especially in Swing/Jazz music, notation is sometimes quite minimal, the
> whole sheet consisting more or less only of \repeat percent something.
> What is quite common is the notation of unison accents as some kind of
> "second voice" above the line (see [0] for an example. The small notes
> on top of the line are basically the rhythm of what the whole band plays
> at that point. The notes are quite a bit smaller than what would be on
> the line, if there was something).
I create lead sheets with rhythmic "cues" using something like:
(this is older 2.16-ish syntax, but should still work with 2.18.
Adjust some of these values to suit your taste.)
rhythmMarks = \new RhythmicStaff \with {
\override StaffSymbol #'line-count = #0
\override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #(magstep -3)
\override StaffSymbol #'stencil = ##f
\override BarLine #'stencil = ##f
\override NoteHead #'style = #'slash
\override TimeSignature #'transparent = ##t
\override VerticalAxisGroup
#'staff-staff-spacing =
#'((basic-distance . 0)
(minimum-distance . 0)
(padding . 1.0))
} {
\set fontSize = #-4
\stemDown
s1*4
s1*20
s1*16
s1*16
s1*8
r4 b-> r r | r4 b-> r r
r8 b b[ b] b[ b] b[ b] | b r r b ~ b2
} % rhythmMarks
I then include that as simultaneous music, something like:
\score {
<<
\harmonies
\rhythmMarks
\melody
>>
}
I hope that gives you some ideas. I'm attaching a lame example that I had
sitting around already. The "rhythms" variable is the important one.
There's a lot of other cruft in the other simultaneous contexts
that isn't strictly pertinent to your question.
Jim
\version "2.16.2"
%\paper { annotate-spacing = ##t }
melody = \new Staff \with {
\override VerticalAxisGroup
#'staff-staff-spacing = #'(
(basic-distance . 0)
(minimum-distance . 0)
(padding . 0)
)
} { % 20 bars
\repeat unfold 4 { g4 g'' g'' g'' } \break
\repeat unfold 4 { g4 g'' g'' g'' } \break
\repeat unfold 4 { g4 g'' g'' g'' } \break
\repeat unfold 4 { g4 g'' g'' g'' } \break
\repeat unfold 4 { g4 g'' g'' g'' } \break
} % melody
harmonies = \new ChordNames \with {
\override VerticalAxisGroup
#'staff-staff-spacing = #'(
(basic-distance . 0)
(minimum-distance . 0)
(padding . 0)
)
} \chordmode { % 20 bars
\repeat unfold 5 { c2 a2:m | f2 g2 | s4 c s a:m | f2 g2 }
} % harmonies
rhythms = \new RhythmicStaff \with {
\override StaffSymbol #'line-count = #0
\override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #(magstep -3)
\override BarLine #'stencil = ##f
\override TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
\override NoteHead #'style = #'slash
\override VerticalAxisGroup
#'staff-staff-spacing = #'(
(basic-distance . 0)
(minimum-distance . 0)
(padding . 0.5)
)
fontSize = #-2
} { % 20 bars
\stemDown
s1*8
s1 s1 | r4 b r b | b r b r
s1*4
s1 s1 | r4 b r b | b r b r
} % rhythms
\score {
<<
\harmonies
\rhythms
\melody
>>
\layout {
\context { \Staff \RemoveEmptyStaves }
\context { \RhythmicStaff \RemoveEmptyStaves }
}
}
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