Re: Partcombine with drums?

[Aaron Hill]

On 2019-02-17 2:38 pm, Pedro Pessoa wrote:
> Hello!
> Is there a known way of using partcombine with drums?
> I'm not familiar with it, but I tried to do it as in the notation 
> reference.
> I found nothing about this limitation in neither manuals, mailing 
> archive or
> LSR.
> Thanks!
>
> %% Snippet Begin
> \version "2.19.82"
>
> drumA = \drummode { sn8 8 8 8 }
> drumB = \drummode { bd8 8 8 8 }
> drumAB=\drummode {<bd sn>8 q q q}
> melA = \relative c''{ d8 8 8 8 }
> melB = \relative c''{ g8 8 8 8 }
>
> {
>   % Doesn't work.
>   \new DrumStaff \partcombine \drumA \drumB
>
>   % Should output (created manually):
>   \new DrumStaff \drumAB
>
>   % Regular music works under similar conditions:
>   \new Staff \partcombine \melA \melB
> }
> %%

\drummode creates NoteEvents with a 'drum-type instead of 'pitch, and 
\partCombine expects pitches.

An alternate way to achieve what you want is to use this construction:

%%%%
    \new DrumStaff \new DrumVoice << \drumA \drumB >>
%%%%

It is not the same thing as \partCombine, but I suspect it makes more 
sense for drum parts.


-- Aaron Hill