Re: Vocal scores with extra staves

[Klaus Blum]

Hi Andrew, 

welcome to the List!  :-)


Andrew Bromage-2 wrote
> the lyrics for verse 2 don't start on the 
> correct beat.

It will be easier to align the lyrics to a voice that exists from the very
beginning. In your example, I've put the unison part into the same voice as
the soprano part.


Andrew Bromage-2 wrote
> the new staff isn't where I expect it to be; I'd like it to 
> be part of the ChoirStaff.

In such cases, it's better to explicitely start a new staff instead of
having LilyPond do that automatically. Now you can control positions with
alignAboveContext or alignBelowContext. 

% ---------------------------------------------------------------
\version "2.18.2"

timeline = {
  \time 4/4
  { s1*2 } \bar "||"
  { s1*2 } \bar "|."
}

choirVerseI = { \relative c'' { c4 c c c c c c c } }
sopranoVerseII = { \relative c'' { c4 c c c c c c c } }
altoVerseII = { \relative e' { e4 e e e e e e e } }
tenorVerseII = { \relative g { g4 g g g g g g g } }
bassVerseII = { \relative c { c4 c c c c c c c } }
pianoRH = { \relative c' { <e c'>1 <e c'> <e c'> <e c'> } }
pianoLH = { \relative c { <c g'>1 <c g'> <c g'> <c g'> } }
lyricsVerseI = \lyricmode { la la la la la la la la }
lyricsVerseII = \lyricmode { lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu }

\book {
  <<
    \new ChoirStaff {
      \new Staff {
        <<
          \timeline
          \clef treble \key c \major
          \new Voice = "sopranoChorus" {
            \choirVerseI
            <<
              \context Voice = "sopranoChorus" { \voiceOne \sopranoVerseII }
              \new Voice = "altoChorus" { \voiceTwo \altoVerseII }

              \new Staff \with {alignBelowContext = #"chorusLyrics"} {
                \clef bass \key c \major
                <<
                  \new Voice = "tenorChorus" { \voiceOne \tenorVerseII }
                  \new Voice = "bassChorus" { \voiceTwo \bassVerseII }
                >>
              }
            >>
          }
        >>
      }
    }

    \new Lyrics = "chorusLyrics"

    \context Lyrics = "chorusLyrics" {
      \lyricsto "sopranoChorus" { \lyricsVerseI \lyricsVerseII }
    }
    
    \new PianoStaff <<
      \new Staff {
        \clef treble \key c \major <<
          \timeline \new Voice
          { \pianoRH }
        >>
      }
      \new Staff {
        \clef bass \key c \major <<
          \timeline \new Voice {
            \pianoLH
          }
        >>
      }
    >>
  >>
}
% ---------------------------------------------------------------

As you can see, this can get pretty complicated. With your "real" verses
being longer than just two bars, maybe it's easier to start all staves from
the beginning and just working with \RemoveEmptyStaves.

Cheers, 
Klaus



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