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Re: Harp fingering and lever
From: |
Walter Hofmeister |
Subject: |
Re: Harp fingering and lever |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:29:27 -0600 |
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On 11/20/06 2:32 PM, "Helge Kruse" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Walter,
>
> thanks for reply. When I first seen the Analysis Bracket I didnt realized
> its strength. But I need to tweek some properties (direction,
> bracket-flare). I am a lilypond beginner and dont know, where I have to \set
> them. Can you give me short example?
>
> I will have a further look at the lever. But if you have an excerpt at hand,
> it would be very helpful.
>
>
> Regards,
> Helge
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walter Hofmeister" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 10:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Harp fingering and lever
>
>
>> Hi Helge,
>> I have done this for my wife who plays lever harp. See section 8.5.6
>> Analysis brackets in the manual, this can be made to work for the placing
>> of
>> the fingers.
>>
>> Walter Hofmeister
>
>
Here is a short example that I did. When I went back to look at the piece
that I did for my wife, I realized that I had a couple of problems. The
first is that in lever harp music, sometimes the brackets must overlap. I
had trouble to do this. The other problem is that in many printed editions,
the brackets are frequently angled to follow the pitch-contour. The version
that I used at the time was 2.8.1. This version did not contain the rotation
property so I have not used it here. It would be interesting to know though
if it could be made to work for this.
My solution at the time was to import a .eps file into Adobe Illustrator
and do the final adjustments there. Hope some of this is useful to you.
Walter Hofmeister
Begin example************************************************************
\version "2.10"
\include "english.ly"
#(set-default-paper-size "letter")
upper = \relative c' {
\clef treble
\key d \major
\time 3/4
\set Voice.fingeringOrientations = #'(down)
\override Staff.HorizontalBracket #'bracket-flare = #'(0 . 0)
\override Staff.HorizontalBracket #'padding = #1.5
<fs-2>4\stopGroup <fs-2> <a-1>\startGroup
<fs-2>8 <e-3> <e-3>4\stopGroup <fs-1>8\startGroup <d-3>\stopGroup
<e-2>4 <e-2> <fs-1>8\startGroup <d-3>\stopGroup
<e-2>4 <e-2> <a-1>
}
lower = \relative c {
\clef bass
\key d \major
\time 3/4
<d a'>2.
<g b>
<a cs>
<a, a'>
}
\score {
\new PianoStaff <<
\set PianoStaff.instrument = "Harp "
\new Staff = "upper" \upper
\new Staff = "lower" \lower
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Staff \consists "Horizontal_bracket_engraver"
}
}
\midi { \tempo 4=60 }
}
****************end example************************************************