Re: Question regarding instrumentName.

[Hwaen Ch'uqi]

Wow, though in theory I was aware of that principle, that would have
NEVER occurred to me! Thank you so much for that solution!

Hwaen Ch'uqi


On 8/1/17, Thomas Morley <address@hidden> wrote:
> 2017-08-01 11:40 GMT+02:00 Hwaen Ch'uqi <address@hidden>:
>> Greetings All,
>>
>> The code below is drawn from a work for piano four hands. However, the
>> instrumentName indications do not print in the first system. In the
>> following systems, the shortInstrumentName indications print as
>> requested. If I remove all the \grace sections, the instrumentName
>> indications appear in the output. Can anyone explain what I am doing
>> wrong?
>
> A minimal:
>
> \new PianoStaff
>   <<
>     \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #"Primo"
>     { \grace s4 r1 }
>   >>
>
> If I understand correctly:
> It's simultaneous music, but the context-setting of instrumentName is
> not synchronisized with { \grace s4 r1 }.
> (It comes too late.)
> Related to issue 34.
>
> One should never set instrumentName in another place than \with to
> avoid such things.
> Usually the same holds for shortInstrumentName, but ofcourse
> shortInstrumentName can be reset later. In this case you need to care
> about synchronisation yourself. Although this may be a rare case.
>
> Your example:
>
>     \score {
>       <<
>         \new PianoStaff \with {
>             instrumentName = #"Primo"
>             shortInstrumentName = #"pr."
>         }
>         <<
>           \new Staff = up \with {
>             \consists "Metronome_mark_engraver"
>           }
>           \relative c' {
>             \key a \minor \time 2/4 \clef treble
>             \ottava #2 \grace { e'''16[ fis gis] } <a e c>8 r r4 %1
>             \grace { e16[ fis gis] } <a e c>8 \ottava #0 r r4 %2
>           }
>           \new Staff = down {
>             \relative c' {
>               \key a \minor \time 2/4 \clef treble
>               \grace { s16 s s } <a' c e a>8 r r4 %1
>               \grace { s16 s s } <a c e a>8 r r8. dis,16 %2
>             }
>           }
>         >>
>         \new PianoStaff \with {
>             instrumentName = #"Secondo"
>             shortInstrumentName = #"sec."
>         }
>         <<
>           \new Staff = felice \with {
>             \consists "Metronome_mark_engraver"
>           }
>           \relative c' {
>             \key a \minor \time 2/4 \clef bass
>             \grace { s16 s s } <c a e c>8 r r4 %1
>             \grace { s16 s s } <c a e c>8 r r4 %2
>           }
>           \new Staff = hwaen {
>             \relative c' {
>               \key a \minor \time 2/4 \clef bass
>               \grace { s16 s s } r8 \ottava #-1 <a,,, a'> r4 %1
>               \grace { s16 s s } r8 <a a'> \ottava #0 r4 %2
>             }
>           }
>         >>
>       >>
>     }
>
> HTH,
>   Harm
>