Re: lyrics in a PianoStaff

[Trevor Daniels]

Martin Tarenskeen wrote Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:24 PM


> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 08:14:01AM -0600, Jonathan Kulp wrote:
> > Try the template called "piano-centered-lyrics" (A.2.3) in the Learning
> > Manual.
>
> Thank you, just what I was looking for.
> One thing I don't understand about this (and some other examples and
> templates in the manuals). Why "\new Staff = upper {...}" and "\new
> Staff = lower {...}" ? I use just "\new Staff {...}" with the same
> results. I can understand why this template needs " \new Voice =
> "singer" (for the \lyricsto stuff in the next line)
> "

I'm guessing, as I didn't write these templates, but the
author probably added names to these two Staff contexts
thinking it would help the new user understand what they
were!  You're quite right though, the names are quite
unnecessary.  OTOH, naming contexts is a useful habit to
cultivate if you intend progressing to more complex scores.
They help in locating the right area when making later
modifications, and other users if the code is ever shared.

> I want to learn and not only use the templates but also
> understand what I'm doing. Maybe some %comment lines should be added to
> the templates in the learning manual ? (Not too much, just enough :-)

Not a bad idea.  Keiren - what do you think?

Trevor