Re: Is there a way to split a score across two sheets?

[Ben Beeson]

Hi Sven,

Thanks for asking about what I am trying to do.  Perhaps I 
could explain this a bit differently.  Let me know if this 
is not clear and I will try again.  You asked about why 
\pageBreak doesn't do what I want.  \pageBreak splits a 
tune across a sheet dividing a top from a bottom. You get 
whole lines when you do this.  What I want to do is split 
a tune into a left side and a right side.

Consider that if you open a book, there are two pages 
facing each other, usually an even numbered page on the 
left and an odd numbered page on the right. Imagine a 
sheet of music printed in landscape orientation on a piece 
of paper that is the same size as the two facing pages in 
a book.  When you fold this sheet of music down the 
middle, you would have the first bars of each line on the 
left facing page and the last bars of each line on the 
right facing page.  Now add the print margins to the 
middle for binding etc. So if you did this in a book, the 
tune takes two facing pages in the book for each "page" of 
the tune.  The idea could be thought of as using two 
letter pages to create an equivalent of a "C" sized US 
sheet, or similarly, two A4 sheets into an equivalent A2 
sheet.

What I am wanting to do is to print the tune on paper in a 
size readable when standing back from the music stand by 
splitting a tune across two sheets of paper that become 
facing pages in a book. I'd like to do this without 
splitting the notes into a left and right score in a ly 
file if possible.


Thanks in advance,

Ben

 


On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 14:31:47 +0200
 Sven Axelsson <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm afraid I don't understand the distinction you make 
> between page and
> sheet. Apparently \pageBreak doesn't do what you want, 
> so please clarify
> how what you want differs.
>
>
> On 17 October 2013 06:12, Ben Beeson 
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I use LilyPond for bagpipe music.  I find LilyPond and 
> > the included
> > bagpipe.ly file to work very well for that task. 
> > Thanks!
> >
> > I looked in the documents and in other places online for 
> > help and did
> > not find anything on how to split a score across two 
> > sheets, so Iam
> > hoping the list can provide some insight. What I am 
> > looking to do is to
> > easily split a score across two sheets much like you can 
> > make a score
> > use two pages instead of one with a \pageBreak at the 
> > appropriate place.
> > For example, the tune Cabar Feidh is much easier to read 
> > from a single
> > sheet if printed landscape as opposed to printing 
> > portrait. This is just
> > because some of the bars are "more busy" with doublings 
> > and throws etc.
> > than others making certain parts a bit crowded when 
> > printing this tune
> > in portrait orientation.  I realize I could create two 
> > separate scores,
> > one for each sheet, but that becomes cumbersome if you 
> > ever decide to
> > display the tune differently.
> >
> > So I was wondering if there was an easy way to split a 
> > score across two
> > sheets when printing so the tune essentially puts the 
> > first two bars on
> > the left sheet and the last two bars of each line on the 
> > right sheet of
> > an open book?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Ben
> >
> >
> >
> >
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