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Re: Combining voices in American Hymns
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David Wright |
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Re: Combining voices in American Hymns |
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Tue, 13 Sep 2016 16:32:59 -0500 |
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On Tue 13 Sep 2016 at 21:56:04 (+0100), J Martin Rushton wrote:
> On 12/09/16 19:21, Karlin High wrote:
> > On 9/7/2016 11:56 PM, David F. wrote:
> >> Is there a way to combine two voices and print both stems (up and down)
> >> when the voices share a note? \partcombine does not appear to do this by
> >> default.
> >>
> >> American SATB hymns are typically engraved with the soprano and alto
> >> voices combined and the tenor and bass voices combined. If a note in the
> >> soprano voice has the same duration as the note in the alto voice, then
> >> the notes for soprano and alto will share a stem. If the durations are
> >> different, then there is no sharing. And if the notes are the same
> >> duration and the same pitch, then the note with have both an up stem and a
> >> down stem.
> >
> > You're not alone with difficulties on American-style part combining.
> > Another LilyPond user shared some of her work with me, and I'm still
> > studying the approach she uses. Below is a small example I'm using for
> > experiments. I'm not very familiar with the inner workings of LilyPond;
> > maybe someone will take one look and say, "That will mostly work, but
> > you will run into problems with such-and-such situations."
> > --
> > Karlin High
> > Missouri, USA
> <snip>
>
> How is this "American-style"? It sounds just the same as hymnbooks on
> this side of the pond have done since (at least) the 19thC. I tried to
> enclose a scan of "Hymns Ancient & Modern" (the standard Anglican
> hymnbook) of 1868 but it was rejected as too large [sorry moderator].
> Briefly: SA in the treble clef, TB in the bass, note heads combined
> where appropriate with the stems indicating which voice they apply to.
> Is this not what you were describing?
Three examples attached. The words in the English style will be
printed below. (This post is an oversimplification.)
Cheers,
David.
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atlantic.png
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Re: Combining voices in American Hymns, Karlin High, 2016/09/12
Solved Re: Combining voices in American Hymns, David F., 2016/09/13
Re: Combining voices in American Hymns, J Martin Rushton, 2016/09/13
- Re: Combining voices in American Hymns,
David Wright <=
Re: Combining voices in American Hymns, J Martin Rushton, 2016/09/13