Re: partcombine for choir and piano?

[David Kastrup]

Noeck <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> reading about \partcombine recently stirs up some questions. I always
> considered it a tool for orchestra scores (violins of flutes). But
> perhaps it's not limited to that.
>
>
> My questions (and some short reasoning):
>
> 1. Does \partcombine make sense for combining *soprano and alto* into
> one staff or should I use voices?

Voices in my opinion.

> I see pros (+) and cons (-):
>
>  - The fact that I would prefer the 'apart' style everywhere makes me
>    think that it's perhaps not what \partcombine is intended for.
>  = From a quick test, \partcombineApart is equivalent to two voices.
>    Are there exceptions?
>  + The positioning of dynamics is better for partcombine.
>    Why are all dynamics below the staff for the voices-setup by default?
>
>
> 2. Does \partcombine make sense for *piano music* with different voices
> starting here and there?
>
>  - Probably not as the 2...n voices are never used independently, so
>    I'd be better off writing voices explicitly as necessary.

I think it makes sense for piano _extracts_.  For original piano scores,
you usually want to be in control of the voicing.

-- 
David Kastrup