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Re: Adding a staff in the middle of a piece
From: |
Martin Frankland |
Subject: |
Re: Adding a staff in the middle of a piece |
Date: |
Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:25:56 -0700 (PDT) |
Thank you for your answer. I tried this, and the pdf is right but the midi
only contains the introduction.
However, I found a different solution; see my reply to Mats Bengtsson in
this thread.
Best,
--
Martin Frankland
Marek Klein wrote:
>
> If output of two score blocks is what you want, you can obtain correct
> midi file like this (third score block for midi only):
> \score {
> \ChoirIntro
> \layout{}
> }
>
> \score {
> << \Soli \Choir >>
> \layout{}
> }
>
> \score {
> {
> \ChoirIntro
> << \Soli \Choir >>
> }
> \midi{}
> }
>
> --
> Marek Klein
> http://gregoriana.sk
>
> 2008/10/27 Martin Frankland <address@hidden>:
>>
>> I have the same problem. I have an SATB choir with female and male
>> soloists
>> on top. I'd like to start the soloists' staffs after the choral intro.
>> Everything I've tried so far hasn't worked:
>>
>> 1. \startStaff and \stopStaff still display the staffs, but without
>> lines.
>> My goal was to save the space of the staffs.
>>
>> 2. The Frenched score using \RemoveEmptyStaffContext doesn't work for me
>> since the male and female soloists alternate, so it displays only the one
>> singing and hides the other one. I want BOTH solo staffs displayed, the
>> one
>> with the notes AND the one with rests, otherwise it's hard to read. Can
>> we
>> tell Lilypond to hide whole *groups* of staffs that contain only rests?
>>
>> 3. I've tried writing the choral intro and the rest of the song as two
>> consecutive parts of the score, like this:
>>
>> \score {
>> {
>> \ChoirIntro
>> << \Soli \Choir >>
>> }
>> \layout{}
>> \midi{}
>> }
>>
>> but it doesn't work. The pdf displays the intro correctly followed by
>> some
>> kind of empty system.
>>
>>
>> The closest thing I've found to a solution was to write two \score
>> blocks,
>> like this:
>>
>> \score {
>> \ChoirIntro
>> }
>>
>> \score {
>> << \Soli \Choir >>
>> \layout{}
>> \midi{}
>> }
>>
>> The pdf output is what I want, but the midi is missing the intro. Note
>> that
>> the following:
>>
>> \score {
>> \ChoirIntro
>> \layout{}
>> \midi{}
>> }
>>
>> \score {
>> << \Soli \Choir >>
>> \layout{}
>> \midi{}
>> }
>>
>> outputs the right pdf, but two separate midi files, which is not what I
>> want.
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated! My code was compiled with version
>> 2.10.33.
>>
>> --
>> Martin Frankland
>>
>
>
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