Re: multi-instrument parts

[Paul Scott]

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 01:48:21AM -0500, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Keith,
> 
> > for the part where the player switches instruments, you'd probably 
> > like to store the as-written pitches along with the transpositions.  
> > Then you can use LilyPond's quoting system to get the music in concert 
> > pitch for the C-score.
> 
> Now we're getting somewhere! Thanks!
> I will test this technique with more abstracted setups (e.g., the key 
> signatures in a global variable, shared across 
> multiple multi-instrumentalists), and see how it works.

I can't prove it but I believe had conflicts between quoting and tags in a 
large score.  I didn't have time to diagnose it so I just removed a lot of 
useful cues which would have cluttered the score without tags to remove them 
from the score.

Paul Scott

> 
> All the best,
> Kieren.
> 
> > 
> > windMusic = {
> >   <>^\markup\bold "Flute"
> >   \transposition c'
> >   \key d \major
> >   \relative d' {
> >     d8( e fis g a b cis d) }
> >   <>^\markup\bold\concat{ "Clarinet in B" \flat}
> >   \transposition bes
> >   \transpose bes c' \relative d' {
> >     \tag#'part \key d\major
> >     d( e fis g a b cis d)
> >     \bar "||"  %% This gets lost, maybe due to a bug
> >     \key f \major
> >     d,( e fis g a b cis d) }
> >   <>^\markup\bold "Flute"
> >   \transposition c'
> >   \tag#'part \key f \major
> >   \relative d' {
> >     d( e fis g a b cis d) } }
> > 
> > \addQuote "wind" \keepWithTag#'score \windMusic
> > 
> > windMusicInC = \quoteDuring "wind" #(skip-of-length windMusic )
> > 
> > \new Staff \keepWithTag#'part \windMusic % Part
> > 
> > \score { \new Voice \windMusicInC }
> > 
> > 
> 
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