Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 66, Issue 11

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

Am Montag, 5. Mai 2008 schrieb Frederick Dennis:
> Dear All,
>
> I'm trying to set  an SATB hymn with separate vocal staves and a piano
> accomp. duplicating the voice parts
> (sop. - stem up,  alto - stemdown etc.)
> Where do you insert \stemUp or \stemDown? 

I would use \voiceOne and \voiceTwo, which set stem directions and other 
things, as well.

>             <<   {  \soprano  } {  \alto   } >>


I would rather do something like

 << 
    \new Voice="SPiano" { \voiceOne \soprano }
    \new Voice="APiano" { \voiceTwo \alto }
 >>
 
I.e. I would explicitly create different voices and set voiceOne/Two for them.  
  

> Also, I would like to have a 
> bracket for the vocal parts. 

Use a ChoirStaff, just like you use a PianoStaff for the piano.

i.e. simply add a \context ChoirStaff << .... >> around all the vocal staves 
in your score!

> The other problem is 
> when I type cis for c sharp or fis for f sharp, I get "string error". 

You include english.ly, which defines "cs" or "csharp" as names for c sharp, 
but NOT "cis"!

Cheers,
Reinhold

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