Re: [Denemo-devel] Notate a Drone - Maybe you have an idea?

[Richard Shann]

On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 13:23 +0100, Nils Gey wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I regulary compose Drone-music. This is music which has one or more tones 
> sounding the whole time and seldomly changes.
> 
> Its used for music with bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy or other instruments of this 
> kind.
> 
> 1) Writing the Drone-Note/Letter
> 
> Normally I only compose for my own ensemble. They know the pieces and know 
> which drone to use, but I want to have a way to write the drone in the sheet.
> 
> If I compose on paper I write a Letter ("A") under the Clef (like the octava 
> 8) and if the drone changes I write a new clef. But thats only one way 
> because there is no standard.
> 
> Do you have any ideas how to get anything like this done with Denemo? Maybe 
> the clef is not the right sign but the key-signs would be a better place.
> 
> So you have the # and b on the lines and under the lines the Drone-Letter.
You can make a script that just inserts a graphic into the measure.

> 
> 2) Scripting a Drone-sound / Scripting a "on play only" staff.
> 
> I normally create a whole staff just to hear a drone-sound (which is one 
> endless note). Manually I create a staff and write tied notes. On certain 
> points I end the tie and create a new drone-note because Playback/Midi does 
> not play from within a tie (which is normal and expected behaviour) 
> 
> These are my "entry-points" for playback but to be true its just a 
> workaround. The real deal would to automatically let the tone sound if I hit 
> "play" and stop it with stop. It has to be generated.
> 
> Is there a way to do this with Denemo currently?
I think you could make a specialist version of the insert tie command (a
script of course) which would insert the character "~" into the LilyPond
(and even place a graphic between the notes, tie shaped), then it will
print out tied notes, but Denemo, not seeing the ~ will play each note
separately. If you don't want the attacck in the MIDI playback you would
need to use an instrument (.pat file or whatever it is) that has no
attack or decay, so that the notes would simply join up.

Richard



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