Re: string substitution, transpose, auto-time

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 09:37:10 Felipe Massia Pereira wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have these 3 questions...
> 
> 1) what's the best way to use string substitution, I mean something
> like:
> 
> tune = "c"
> 
> soprano = \notes \transpose $tune {...}
> alto = \notes \transpose $tune {...}
> 
> 2) What's the best way to transpose a whole score? Should I put a
> \transpose on every expression? Can I do it in the global variable?
> 
> 3) I read in documentation that I could use addLyrics with \notes
> instead
> of \lyrics. I would use it with an alto voice that has the same timing
> of
> the soprano voice (in fact, all voices have the same timing). Is there
> a
> way so I can type the timing only once? e.g.
> 
> soprano = \notes { g2 g8 g8 f8 f8 | ... }
> alto = \notes { ees ees ees c c | ... }

With sly, it would look like this, but you have to copy
*2 *8 * * * .  That is not a disadvantage, since this
approach makes it easy to understand later what you did.

g g g f f *2 *8 * * * | ees ees ees c c *2 *8 * * *  | more parts.....

for example to change the rhytm once.

g g g f f *2 *8 * * * | ees ees ees *2 *8 * 4c  | more parts.....

or, same thing:

g g g f f *2 *8 * * * | ees ees ees c *2 *8 * 4*  | more parts.....


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