Re: Controlling Slur Marks
Hi Greg, great to hear you’re starting with LilyPond! On 30/08/2022 21:52, Greg Lindstrom wrote: I see later in the documentation there is a snippet on how to merge voices, so that's next on my list. There’s one bit of important advice that usually makes the experience of learning LilyPond (which can be steep and/or daunting) much better: fully read and understand the Learning Manual at least once. It’s important to grasp some fundamental concepts such as to avoid misunderstandings down the line. Voices are one of those concepts, so you’re definitely on the right track there ;) Best, Simon
Re: Controlling Slur Marks
Thank-you to Leo Correia de Verdier for excellent instructions. I'm pleased
with the results. I see later in the documentation there is a snippet on
how to merge voices, so that's next on my list.
[image: image.png]
<<
{s8 s16^"ossia" s16 a16(g f e)| g16(f e d) s4|}
\\
{f16(e f g) a(f c a)| g16(a bf g) c(bf a g)|}
>>
On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:37 PM Leo Correia de Verdier <
leo.correia.de.verd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The easiest way would be to use \voiceOne and \voiceTwo instead of \stemUp
> and \stemDown (recommended anyway in most cases). Otherwise _( and ^( works
> too.
>
> HTH
> /Leo
>
> 30 aug. 2022 kl. 19:30 skrev Greg Lindstrom :
>
>
> I am finishing up engraving my first full score. It's a piece for brass
> band where we could not find a score anywhere and the one we've ordered has
> been backordered for 6 months! I took it upon myself to pull all the parts
> and engrave away. Eventually, I will hook up a midi keyboard to enter stuff
> like this, but I'm as quick, if not quicker, typing it in and
> controlling just about everything the first time through.
>
> Lilypond is an impressive system and I use it over the 2 "big" commercial
> engraving packages because I think the final product just looks better.
>
> But, to my question...
>
> I have a very short Ossia that I would like to add to a chart I'm
> engraving. I'd rather not break it out onto its own staff (just to save
> space in the score) so I'm adding it as a CueVoice. The problem is the slur
> marks on the main line are above and the slurs on the ossia are below (see
> snippet). Is there a way to control where the slur marks appear, in the
> same spirit as stems up and down? Is it preferred to break the ossia out in
> its own staff:?
>
> Thanks!
> --greg
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> And the code to generate it
>
> <<{f16(e f g\!) a(f c a)|
> \stemDown{g16(a bf g)\> c(bf a g\!}|
> }
> {
> \new CueVoice{
> \stemUp s16 s8^\markup\small{ossia} s16 a'16(g f e)|
> g16(f e d) s4|
> }
> }
> >>
>
>
Re: Controlling Slur Marks
The easiest way would be to use \voiceOne and \voiceTwo instead of \stemUp and
\stemDown (recommended anyway in most cases). Otherwise _( and ^( works too.
HTH
/Leo
> 30 aug. 2022 kl. 19:30 skrev Greg Lindstrom :
>
>
> I am finishing up engraving my first full score. It's a piece for brass band
> where we could not find a score anywhere and the one we've ordered has been
> backordered for 6 months! I took it upon myself to pull all the parts and
> engrave away. Eventually, I will hook up a midi keyboard to enter stuff like
> this, but I'm as quick, if not quicker, typing it in and controlling just
> about everything the first time through.
>
> Lilypond is an impressive system and I use it over the 2 "big" commercial
> engraving packages because I think the final product just looks better.
>
> But, to my question...
>
> I have a very short Ossia that I would like to add to a chart I'm engraving.
> I'd rather not break it out onto its own staff (just to save space in the
> score) so I'm adding it as a CueVoice. The problem is the slur marks on the
> main line are above and the slurs on the ossia are below (see snippet). Is
> there a way to control where the slur marks appear, in the same spirit as
> stems up and down? Is it preferred to break the ossia out in its own staff:?
>
> Thanks!
> --greg
>
>
>
> And the code to generate it
>
> <<{f16(e f g\!) a(f c a)|
> \stemDown{g16(a bf g)\> c(bf a g\!}|
> }
> {
> \new CueVoice{
> \stemUp s16 s8^\markup\small{ossia} s16 a'16(g f e)|
> g16(f e d) s4|
> }
> }
> >>
