Re: Marching Percussion Score

[Pierre-Luc Gauthier]

Hi Taylor,

2017-07-05 13:52 GMT-04:00 Taylor Sexton <address@hidden>:
> I was wondering if anyone knows if someone has developed a Lilypond template
> for a marching percussion section.

I do not know much about templates.


> with all the appropriate
> notation possibilities (e.g., bass drum line full unison indicated by a
> slash note head on the center line).

'Wish you  were more precise on what exactly you would need (or even
images) and provide a minimal example file of what you have tried so
far.

Anywho, I'm glad to help as percussions are no the easiest to typeset
on LilyPond especially for new users.

I hope this helps you to get on the way :-)
--
Pierre-Luc Gauthier


\version "2.19.63"
\language "english"

% The tenor drums (or quads) are not defined in LilyPond yet.
% Reading from left to right, first then second line :
% Tom2, tom1, tom4, spock*, tom3
%    o o
%   O ° O

%% *spock a.k.a shot, gock, or spike.

#(define tenor-drums '(
                        (spock default #f 5)
                        (tomI default #f  3)
                        (tomII default #f 1)
                        (tomIII default #f -1)
                        (tomIV default #f -3)
                        ))


drumPitchNames.spock = #'spock
drumPitchNames.tomI = #'tomI
drumPitchNames.tomII = #'tomII
drumPitchNames.tomIII = #'tomIII
drumPitchNames.tomIV = #'tomIV

% For a survival rendition via GM
midiDrumPitches = #(append midiDrumPitches
                     `((spock . ,(ly:make-pitch 0 0  NATURAL)) ; natural C
                        (tomI . ,(ly:make-pitch 0 1 NATURAL)) ; natural D
                        (tomII . ,(ly:make-pitch 0 1 FLAT)) ; d flat
                        (tomIII . ,(ly:make-pitch 0 2 FLAT)) ; e flat
                        (tomIV . ,(ly:make-pitch 0 2 NATURAL)) ; e natural
                        ))


% Some drum legend markup for students
tenor-drums_Legend = \markup {
  \override #'(style . outline)
  \override #'(thickness . 3)
  \whiteout {
    \score {
      \new DrumStaff \with {
        \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
        %\remove "Clef_engraver"
        fontSize = -3
        \override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(magstep -2)
      }
      \new DrumVoice \with {
        \consists "Balloon_engraver"
        \override BalloonTextItem.annotation-balloon = ##f
      }
      \drummode {
        \set DrumStaff.drumStyleTable = #(alist->hash-table tenor-drums)
        \balloonLengthOff
        \balloonGrobText #'NoteHead #'(-2 . 0.0125) \markup {\italic
\bold "Spock" }
        spock8[
        \balloonGrobText #'NoteHead #'(-1 . 2.5) \markup {\italic
\bold "Tom 1" }
        tomI
        \balloonGrobText #'NoteHead #'(0 . 3) \markup {\italic \bold "Tom 2" }
        tomII
        \balloonGrobText #'NoteHead #'(0.25 . 2) \markup { \italic
\bold"Tom 3" }
        tomIII
        \balloonGrobText #'NoteHead #'(3 . 0) \markup { \italic \bold"Tom 4" }
        tomIV]
        \stopStaff
        s
      }
      \layout {indent = 0}
    }
  }
}

% I usualy have the song structure in its own variable
songStructure = {
  \time 4/4
  \tempo 4=100
  s1*1 |

  \mark \default
  s1*4 |
  s1*1\fermata |

  \bar "|."
}

snareDrum = \drummode {
  <>\f
  sn8 16 16 8-> 8:32 8-> 8-> 16 16 8:~ |
  4: sn16 16 16 16 <>\< \repeat unfold 2 {8: sn8->} |
  \repeat percent 3 \repeat percent 4 {8: sn8->} |
  sn1:->\f |
}

tenorDrums = \drummode {
  <>^\tenor-drums_Legend
  <>\f
  spock8 tomI tomII8. tomIII16-> tomIV4:16\sp\< spock4->\!
  <<
    \repeat percent 2 {
      \repeat percent 2 {
        \repeat percent 4 {
          tomI16 16 tomII16 16
        }
      }
    }
    {
      s2 s\mf\< |
      s4 s2.\> |
      s\<
    }
  >>
  tomIV1->\f |
}

bassDrum = \drummode {
  \improvisationOn
  <>\f
  bd16 8 16 r8. 16 r8 8 8.-> 16 |
  \repeat unfold 4 {r8 8} |
  \repeat percent 3 \repeat unfold 4 {16 16 8->} |
  bd1-> |
}

snareDrumPart = \new DrumStaff \with {
  \consists "Instrument_name_engraver"
  instrumentName = "Snare"
  shortInstrumentName = "Sn."
  drumStyleTable = #percussion-style
  % Not sure why you need 5 lines here
  % \override StaffSymbol #'line-count = #1
  % \override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-positions = #'(0)
  % \override Staff.BarLine.bar-extent = #'(-2 . 2)
} \new DrumVoice << \songStructure \snareDrum >>

tenorDrumsPart = \new DrumStaff \with {
  \consists "Instrument_name_engraver"
  instrumentName = "Tenor"
  shortInstrumentName = "Ten."
  %drumStyleTable = #tenor-drums % I'm not sure why this does not work
  drumStyleTable = #(alist->hash-table tenor-drums)
  drumPitchTable = #(alist->hash-table midiDrumPitches)
} \new DrumVoice << \songStructure \tenorDrums >>

bassDrumPart = \new DrumStaff \with {
  \consists "Instrument_name_engraver"
  instrumentName = "Bass"
  shortInstrumentName = "B.D."
  drumStyleTable = #percussion-style
  % Not sure why you need 5 lines here
  % \override StaffSymbol #'line-count = #1
  % \override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-positions = #'(0)
  % \override Staff.BarLine.bar-extent = #'(-2 . 2)
} \new DrumVoice << \songStructure \bassDrum >>

scoreContent = \new StaffGroup <<
  \snareDrumPart
  \tenorDrumsPart
  \bassDrumPart
>>

\score {
  \scoreContent
  \layout { }
}

\score {
  \unfoldRepeats
  \scoreContent
  \midi { }
}

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