Re: \new and \context clarification

[Simon Albrecht]

On 23.09.2016 17:43, Menu Jacques wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> musicxml2ly as delivered with LP 2.19.35 produces score specifications such as:
>
> % The score definition
> \score {
>      <<
>          \new Staff <<
>              \context Staff <<
>                  \context Voice = "PartPOneVoiceOne" { \PartPOneVoiceOne }
>                  \new Lyrics \lyricsto "PartPOneVoiceOne" 
> \PartPOneVoiceOneLyricsOne
>                  >>
>              >>
>          
>          >>
>      \layout {}
>      % To create MIDI output, uncomment the following line:
>      %  \midi {}
>      }
>
> \context Staff inside \new Staff seems to be superfluous, but something 
> probably escapes me…

I don’t think so; it is superfluous. Unless there is some necessity from 
the conversion algorithm catering for other cases – can’t say anything 
about that.

Also, for what I know, best practice now is to use \context only when 
referring to existing contexts, or those created by default (as in 
`\context Bottom`) (and in \layout{} or \midi{} blocks of course). So in 
this example, only \new and no \context.

But surely it’s nothing new that musicxml2ly isn’t in a state where one 
could expect the most up-to-date or best-practice coding as a result.

Best, Simon