Re: Aligning Square (Vaticana) notes with modern notation in separate staves

[Joseph Haig]

Not sure if this solves your problem (I don't really have time at the
moment to read it in detail) but you can add note lengths to Vaticana
notes in the same way as you do with modern notation.  They do not
change the appearance of the notes but they alter how they are aligned
with other staves.

Regards,

Joe

On 20/03/07, anders stenberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi everybody!
>
> I have just more or less finished a critical edition/ transcription of
> one of the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
> That meant putting two different Vaticana staffs and one normal staff in
> the same score.
> Eg. entering The notes from the two main sources in square notation and
> a interpretation of  the semi rytmicnotation in the sources in modern
> notation.
> The problem so fare is: as the square notes takes about the same space
> as  one quarter in modern notation disregarding if the sign is punctum
> inclinatum, punctum or virga. (As far as I understand this is true also
> in Ligatures.)
> Now if  the virga is interpreted as a  long note and punktum as short
> eg. halfnote and quarter note the  notes in the square note staffs will
> not align with  the modern notation after a halfnote is entered in the
> modern staff. Temporaly I solwed this by adding s4 after apropriate
> notes in the Vaticana staff's. See  the following snipp:
>
> escorial =  \new VaticanaVoice = "Escorial"
>        {
>            \set Staff.instrumentName="Esc-Codex"
>            \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = "Esc "
>            \set VaticanaStaff.middleCPosition = #2
>                \set VaticanaStaff.clefPosition = #2
>            \[g\]\[ a\melisma \flexa b \melismaEnd \] \[ c' \]
>            \[ \virga a\] s4 \[ b \]
>            \[ \virga c' \] s4 \[ \virga d' \] s4 \divisioMaior
>            s4 d' \[ d' \melisma \flexa  c'\melismaEnd \] \[ a \] \[
> b\melisma \auctum \ascendens b\melismaEnd \]
>            a \[ \virga g \] \[ a\melisma \flexa \deminutum g\melismaEnd
> \] \[ \virga f\] s4
>         \divisioMaior
>
>
>          }
> escorialVers = \lyricmode
>     {
>         Nas m^ -- tes sen -- pre -- te^ -- er.
>        de -- ve -- mo -- las sas fei^ -- "[tu]" -- ras
>
>     }
>
> toledo =
>          \new VaticanaVoice = "Toledo" {
>         \set Staff.instrumentName="To- codex"
>         \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = "To "
>         \set VaticanaStaff.middleCPosition = #2
>                \set VaticanaStaff.clefPosition = #2
>          \[ g \] \[ a\melisma \flexa b \melismaEnd \] \[ \inclinatum c'\]
>      \[ a \] s4 \[ \inclinatum b \] \[ c' \] s4 \[d' \] s4
>      s4 \[ d' \] \[ d'\melisma \flexa c'\melismaEnd \] \[ a \] \[ b \]
> s4 \[ \inclinatum a \]
>          \[ g \] \[ a \melisma \flexa g\melismaEnd \] \[ f \] s4
>
>      }
> toledoVers = \lyricmode
>     {
>         Nas me^ -- tes sen -- pre te^ -- er
>        de -- ve -- mo las sas fei -- tu -- ras
>
>     }
>
> transcriptI =
>     \relative c' {
>            \partial 4*1
>            g'4
>            a( b) c a2 b4
>            c2 d r4 d4
>            d4( c) a b2 a4
>            g4. a8( g4) f2
>     }
>
>
> transcriptVers =
>     \lyricmode {
>            Nas men -- tes sen -- pre te -- ner
>            de ve -- mo -- las sas fei -- tu -- ras.
>
>        }
>
> transcript  =  \new Staff {
>     <<
>     \new Voice = "Transcript" {
>            \set Staff.instrumentName="Transcript"
>            \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = "Tr. "
>            \clef "treble"
>            \key c \major
>            \time 6/4
>            \transcriptI
>     }
>     \new Lyrics \lyricsto "Transcript" {
>            \transcriptVers
>     }
>            >>
>        }
>
> \score {
>      <<
>        <<
>        \new VaticanaStaff \with {\override StaffSymbol #'line-count = #5 }
>            \escorial
>
>          \new Lyrics \lyricsto "Escorial" {
>            \escorialVers
>          }
>        >>
>        <<
>        \new VaticanaStaff \with {\override StaffSymbol #'line-count = #5 }
>            \toledo
>
>          \new Lyrics \lyricsto "Toledo" {
>          \toledoVers
>
>          }
>        >>
>        <<
>        \transcript
>
>        >>
>      >>
>
>      \layout {
>          indent = 20.0
>      }
>      }
> I only wonder: Is there a more elegant solution?  Its not only a
> eastetical quiz: If I also print the Vaticana "parts" separatly the
> extra spaces are just that: extra spaces botching the normal spacing of
> the notes and giving things a rather weirdo look when not in the mixed
> scorecontext.   Its also a bother to have to edit in/ out the extra
> spaces and somewath time consuming as I had to process the score at
> least a few extra times (at least this first time)  to get alignement
> and overall look right.
>
> Yours
> Anders
>
>
>
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