Re: Best practice for dynamics position on SATB hymn with chords

2014-02-16 Thread Janek WarchoĊ‚
Hello, 2014-02-14 19:20 GMT+01:00 Phil Holmes : >> >> I was thinking of doing something similar to what is described in the >> second case. For the bass staff, I can place dynamics below, and hope >> it won't be a problem if there are some "echo" lyrics (that will go >> below the staff as well). >

Re: Best practice for dynamics position on SATB hymn with chords

2014-02-14 Thread Yann
> Why are there chord names above the vocal score? As a singer, I would find > that very unhelpful. Why not just lose them for the vocal part? > > -- > Phil Holmes This is for a hymn book project; the hymns are harmonised 4 voices, but a requirement is that chords should appear as well, so guita

Re: Best practice for dynamics position on SATB hymn with chords

2014-02-14 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Yann" To: "Lilypond-User Mailing List" Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 6:16 PM Subject: Re: Best practice for dynamics position on SATB hymn with chords My usual layout when typesetting hymns is a ChoirStaff, with SA-TB voices, main ly

Re: Best practice for dynamics position on SATB hymn with chords

2014-02-14 Thread Yann
>>My usual layout when typesetting hymns is a ChoirStaff, with SA-TB >>voices, main lyrics printed between staves, ... >>I was wondering, what is the best practice for positioning the >>dynamics ? Above or below the staves ? Should them be printed only >>once for all the ChoirStaff, or for each sta

Re: Best practice for dynamics position on SATB hymn with chords

2014-02-13 Thread Brian Barker
At 00:06 14/02/2014 +0100, Yann Cha wrote: My usual layout when typesetting hymns is a ChoirStaff, with SA-TB voices, main lyrics printed between staves, ... I was wondering, what is the best practice for positioning the dynamics ? Above or below the staves ? Should them be printed only once fo

Best practice for dynamics position on SATB hymn with chords

2014-02-13 Thread Yann
Good evening everybody, My usual layout when typesetting hymns is a ChoirStaff, with SA-TB voices, main lyrics printed between staves, and chord names printed above the ChoirStaff. In some hymns that have some "echo" voice, if lyrics differ for the echo, they are printed below the ChoirStaff. I w