Re: Hymn settings and partcombine?

[Mats Bengtsson]

Bax wrote:
> Earnest Richards <egrichards <at> earthlink.net> writes:
>
> [...]
>   
> > I would like to be able to arrange a single file that has, for example in a
> > four stanza hymn, the first and second stanzas set RH:soprano and alto,
> > LH:tenor, PED:bass; the third stanza set like RH:soprano, LH:alto and tenor,
> > PED bass; then the final stanza set like stanzas one and two but transposed
> > up a half-step or a whole step.
> >     
> [...]
>
> Just put multiple \score{} expressions into the same ly-file. The following
> works, but needs cleaning-up a little with StaffGroup etc.
>
> The relevant part of the manual is 10.1.2 Multiple scores in a book.
>
>   
You can also do it as a single score with suitable line breaks (using 
\break) if
needed.
> \score {
>   <<
>     \new Staff = upper <<
>       \partcombine
>       \transpose c d { \sopranoNotes }
>       \transpose c d { \altoNotes }
>     >>
>     \new Staff = middle <<
>       %\clef "G_8"
>       \clef bass
>       \transpose c d { \tenorNotes }
>     >>
>     \new Staff = lower <<
>       \clef bass
>       \transpose c d { \bassNotes }
>     >>
>   >>
> }
>   
Note that you can write a single \transpose command that applies to all
the staves at ones:
\score{
 \transpose c d <<
   \new Staff ...
   \new Staff ...
   ...
 >>
}

   /Mats