Re: polyphony voices sharing stems? (hymnody feature)

[Ted Walther]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 06:22:54PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Ted Walther <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Most hymns are sung in four part harmony.  Or three part.  However, they
> > are entered as piano music. because they are almost always accompanied
> > by a piano because we moderns don't spend much time memorizing complex
> > melodies.
>
> Actually, most hymns are entered as organ music written on two
> staves.  The bass line is played on the pedals.

Thank you for that enlightenment.

s/piano/keyboard instrument with black and white keys/g

You always struck me as a High Church type of guy.  This is the fruit of
todays labors:


        http://reactor-core.org/~djw/Doxology.ogg

        http://reactor-core.org/~djw/Doxology.pdf

The PDF, alas, lacks lyrics because I don't know the current status of
support for combining lyrics with \partcombine

Ted

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