Solved ; multiple scores and scores plus text

[Don Gingrich]

I've had two related problems that have bugged me for a while

I frequently want to create scores with multiple tunes as a dance
set

and 

on the more recent occasion I wanted to have a mix of text and
scores so that I could present the score of a song with chords 
and lyrics and talk about the song's origins and historical context.

The long-standing problem of multiple tunes was solved by
multiple note and chord blocks each with a unique name,
markup blocks and score blocks:

as in:

\version "2.18.2"

\header {
  title = "A Set Name"
  subtitle = "  " % for space before first tune title
  tagline = "engraved 19 Feb 2017 -- DEG"
}


#(set-global-staff-size 20.0762645669)
\paper {
  paper-width = 21.0\cm
  paper-height = 29.7\cm
  top-margin = 1.0\cm
  bottom-margin = 1.5\cm
  left-margin = 1.0\cm
  right-margin = 1.0\cm
  indent = 0.0\mm
}

PartOne = \relative c' {
  \clef "treble" \key g \major \time 2/4
  c4
}
PartOneChords =  \chordmode {
}

PartTwo =  \relative c' {
  \clef "treble" \key g \major \time 2/4
  c4
}

PartTwoChords =  \chordmode {
  
}

PartThree =  \relative c' {
  \clef "treble" \key g \major \time 2/4
  c4
}


PartThreeChords =  \chordmode {
 
}

\markup{
  \fill-line { 
     \line { " " }
    \center-column { \huge \bold "Tune One Title"} % Title
    \line { \box {"Play AABB" }} % instructions
  }
  
}
% The score definition
\score {
  <<
    \context ChordNames = "Chords" \PartOneChords
    \new Staff <<
      \context Staff <<
        \context Voice = "Part" { \PartOne }
      >>
    >>
  >>
  \layout {}
  \midi {}
}

\markup{
  \fill-line { 
    \line { " " }
    \center-column { \huge \bold "Tune Two Title"} % Title
    \line { \box { "Play ABAB" }} % instructions
  }
}
% The score definition
\score { 
  <<
    \context ChordNames = "Chords" \PartTwoChords
    \new Staff <<
      \context Staff <<
        \context Voice = "Tune" { \PartTwo }
      >>
    >>
  >>
  \layout {}
  \midi {}
}

\markup{
  \fill-line { 
    \line { " " }
    \center-column { \huge \bold "Tune Three Title"}  % Title
  \line { \box { "Play AAABB" }} % instructions
  }
}
% The score definition
\score { 
  <<
    \context ChordNames = "Chords" \PartThreeChords
    \new Staff <<
      \context Staff <<
        \context Voice = "PartThree" { \PartThree }
      >>
    >>
  >>
  \layout {}
  \midi {}
}

The inclusion of scores in LaTeX was simple:

Header stuff:
\documentclass[titlepage,12pt,a4paper]{article}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-0.25in}
\setlength{\textwidth}{6.25in}
\setlength{\topmargin}{-0.75 in}
\setlength{\textheight}{9.25in}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% following block allows for page number to be visible
% and easily modified
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
\fancyhf{} % clear all header and footer fields 
\fancyfoot[RE,LO]{\Large\thepage} % except the center
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\textheight}{740pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{2pt}}
\renewcommand{\abstractname}{}    % clear the title
% \renewcommand{\absnamepos}{empty} % originally center
\pagestyle{plain}

Some of this was to have an un-numbered title page, but the rest
moved the page number down to give more room for the score

and then to include the score:

\includepdf[pages=-, scale=0.90,  pagecommand={}]{broken-down-squatter.pdf}

Your mileage may vary, but I found that using the scaling meant that
the page number did not clash with the bottom of the score.

Hope this is useful to someone out there.

Cheers,

-Don
-- 
Don Gingrich