Re: Variables: structure vs layout

[Janek Warchoł]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 4:35 PM, James Harkins <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm getting a bit confused about the use of variables to reflect the 
> structure of the music, or the distribution of notes between different voices 
> etc.
>
> The passage where I'm struggling with this right now is for one instrument*. 
> The passage has three voices, which I finally decided to split onto two 
> staves (but the beginning is simple enough to put on one staff, using 
> \RemoveEmptyStaffContext and \override VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = 
> ##t).
>
> After it goes to two staves, I have drones and "bass" notes in one staff. The 
> "bass" (though not very low) is there only sometimes. I see a couple of 
> options to write it in ly:
>
> - Write a variable for the drones, with \voiceOne and \oneVoice interspersed 
> where needed.
>
> - Write lots of variables for the drones, one for each bit where the voice 
> needs to change, and lay them out in the staff block, e.g.  \oneVoice \droneA 
> \voiceOne \droneB etc....
>
> The latter may have the advantage of putting all the voice of assignments in 
> one place (the score), but then the variables are too fragmentary to be 
> meaningful to read.

Have you tried using \partcombine on bass and drones?

hope this helps,
Janek