Re: [Spam] Re: Multiple instruments in score and parts

[Rutger Hofman]

On 04/13/2017 03:37 PM, David Sumbler wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-04-13 at 09:19 -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> > Hi David,
> >
> > > At the moment I cannot really see how to deal with this sort of
> > > problem, other than having completely separate input for the score
> > > and
> > > the part at these points, controlled by tags.  But is there a
> > > better
> > > way - one which requires less duplication of material in the input?
> > >
> > > Any suggestions or pointers to help with this will be gratefully
> > > received!
> > If you search for ‘divisi’ on the list — and sort in reverse
> > chronological order (which really should be the default!) — you’ll
> > find many related threads, containing lots of hints and tips on how
> > to attack this problem (e.g., <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lily
> > pond-user/2016-08/msg00256.html>).
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Kieren.
>
> It does - I simply hadn't thought of searching for "divisi"!  Even
> after a cursory glance at some of the stuff that that search comes up
> with, I can see that this is going to be very helpful.
>
> Thanks
>
> David

Yes, this can be accomplished with the divisi engraver (or whatever it 
is called), but I would recommend to use this only in the full score, 
and keep all variants of e.g. Violin I in one part, including 
first/second half, solo parts etc. From what I have seen, that is 
customary in professional editions. I have seen a Messiaen Violin I part 
where the divisi is in (uh... what was it... ) 8 or 10 or so solo parts, 
and all were in the same physical Violin I 'part'.

For winds, this is a different matter. A separate part for each 
instrument is usual, although sometimes the parts for e.g. the two 
flutes are combined into one 'part'. I have seen that mostly in French 
editions, FWIW.

Rutger