Simple solution for combining an odd number of parts
From:
crimsonsunrise
Subject:
Simple solution for combining an odd number of parts
Date:
Wed, 23 May 2018 23:29:05 -0400
I'm currently work on reformatting a piece which has many of its instruments combined into a single staff in the conductor score. Problem is, at least two groups of instruments (trumpet and clarinet) are grouped in three, with parts that are played by 1,2 and 2,3, as well as parts that are only played by 1,2 or 3. I searched on the issue a bit, and none of the solutions I found give the desired results. Chaining two \partcombine statements in a row produces a lot of error messages, warnings and wrong formatting in case of the former. Setting all parts as parallel generates a lot of clashing note errors. I have no idea what to do, other than give up on attempting to make the score look like the original and just do all the instrument parts as separate staves instead.
Is there an easier way of dealing with this issue apart from waiting for 2.19?