On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 at 05:28, David Sumbler <
david@aeolia.co.uk> wrote:
>
> The only orchestral piece I have set in Lilypond until now was for 12
> strings and a couple of other instruments. I had 2 versions of the
> strings material, one of which kept all of the parts on separate staves
> for the parts, and the other which combined them on to fewer staves
> (where appropriate) for the score. This worked tolerably well: I wrote
> one version first, then copied and edited it to produce the other. In
> simpler sections I could even make the necessary changes by using tags.
>
> But I feel that there must be a better way. As I am now about to start
> on a work for full orchestra, I have been experimenting with having
> separate parts which can nonetheless be combined on to a single stave
> using \partCombine and its cousins. For instance, I have:
>
> instOne = {c'4 d' e' f' | g' a' b' c'' | d'' e'' f'' g''}
> instTwo = {a4 b c' d' | e' f' g' a' | b' c'' d'' e''}
> instScore = ?
>
> The form of instOne and instTwo would be correct for the parts. I am
> looking for a way of writing instScore so that it combines the parts on
> to one staff in bar 2, while keeping them separate in bars 1 and 3.
> (Obviously this would be senseless here, but imagine that each bar
> represents a passage taking up a full page width or more.)
>
> Is this possible? Or am I approaching this in completely the wrong
> way?
>
> David
>
>
I've been working on an old orchestral score of mine where flutes keep swapping to piccolo etc. I have something like this, the attached files. Being able to put variables in quotes is a godsend.
Vaughan
flutes.ly
flutes.pdf