Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions

[Nick Busigin]

First of all, thank you to Ray for submitting this to the lilypond-user
mailing list.  I am also a new lilypond user and seeing examples like
this (as well as those in the "Tips & Tricks" as well as the "Regression
Tests" pages) really helps in getting a grounding on how to do things
with Lilypond.  When I see something implemented in an example using
some lilypond code I'm unfamiliar with - it's off to the manual to learn
about it - great way to learn and get some work done too! 

I see that Ferenc Wagner has added your example to the Wicki he has
started: 

http://afavant.elte.hu/lywiki/v2_2e1_2dinput_2dtemplate_2dcollated_2dfiles/ReducedChoir

Question:  Will the examples in the Wicki eventually end up on the
           official "Tips & Tricks" page? 

                                             Nick

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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Ray McKinney wrote:

> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 18:29:47 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ray McKinney <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm a fairly new lilypond user, and most of my engraving will be choral music.
> I found the SATB example in the documentation helpful, but frequently choir
> music is reduced to two staves. The main point of this example, however, is to
> point out a way to right-justify the part names before the first staff. I know
> it took a lot of digging, reading, and trial-and-error before I found a way to
> do it. I've found several cases in the mailing list archives asking about text
> alignment, so this might answer a few people's questions.
> 
> Since I am so new to lilypond, I'm certainly open to suggestions on ways I can
> improve this template, which I modified from the satb example with 4 staves 
> and
> 4 sets of lyrics in the example templates. I've attached a small PNG graphic 
> to
> show a portion of the output.
> 
> Thanks to everyone for such a knowledgable community,
> Ray
> 
> 
> \include "paper16.ly"
> \version "2.0.1"
> % SATB Template on 2 staves
> 
> % Music for each voice. S and T will have stems up, A and B stems down
> sopMusic = \notes  \relative c'' { c d e f }
> altoMusic = \notes  \relative c' { e f g a }
> tenorMusic = \notes \relative c' { g a b c }
> bassMusic = \notes \relative c { c d e f }
> 
> % Lyrics will be printed between the staves.
> allWords = \lyrics { Sing,4 Sing, Sing, Sing! }
> 
> % Generate the part names before the first staff. I use a space after each 
> name
> to provide a little separation between the word and the staff brace.
> partNameUpper = \property Staff.instrument = \markup { \column < {\right-align
> "Soprano "} {\right-align "Alto "} > }
> partNameLower = \property Staff.instrument = \markup { \column < {\right-align
> "Tenor "} {\right-align "Bass "} > }
> 
> \score { \notes
> 
> % Use ChoirStaff to avoid barlines between the staves. Use StaffGroup to have
> connected barlines.
>         \context ChoirStaff <<
> 
> % Set order of Staves and Lyrics
>         \context Staff = upperstaff { \partNameUpper \clef treble \key c 
> \major
> \time 4/4 s1 }
>         \context Lyrics = allLyrs { s1 }
>         \context Staff = lowerstaff {  \partNameLower \clef bass \key c 
> \major \time
> 4/4 s1 }
> 
> % Apply music to staves. Final double-bar will be applied to all staves in the
> system.
>       \context Staff = upperstaff \context Voice = VA { \voiceOne \sopMusic 
> \bar
> "|." }
>           \context Staff = upperstaff \context Voice = VB { \voiceTwo 
> \altoMusic }
>           \context Lyrics = allLyrs { \allWords}
>       \context Staff = lowerstaff \context Voice = VA { \voiceOne \tenorMusic 
> }
>       \context Staff = lowerstaff  \context Voice = VB { \voiceTwo \bassMusic 
> }
>         
>         >>
>   \paper {
>   }
> }
> 
> 
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