Re: Set accidental style in the layout block

[Bill Mooney]

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Subject: Re: Set accidental style in the layout block
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:16:44 +1200
From: Bill Mooney <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden

You wrote...

> It should do about the same thing. The main advantage is that it
> avoids littering files with #(set-accidental-style ...). You put it in
> only one spot.

As in the example below - based on the NM example... Where the
accidentals definition is in the \layout block, as in yours.
What I'm not clear about is why a different method has been used which
seems to involve more typing and doesn't seem to offer the variety that
the NM example does. - modern, modern-cautionary, modern-voice, etc.,
etc. ...

> If you chose to change it there's only one place to
> modify. I like to put it in a separate file (e.g. defs.ily) and
> include it into all of the different lilypond files that generate
> scores (e.g. violin.ly, piano.ly, etc.). If you're entering something
> with only one line of music I think there's still an advantage in
> being able to reuse previous definition files.

> Here's an instrument+piano example for how I generally like to lay
> projects out. I think it keeps each individual file tidy and avoid
> duplicating settings in each staff.
> * Put as many changes/tweaks from defaults as possible in the file
> where you keep your main layout block file.
> * Keep a separate outline to put bars, tempos, marks, etc.
> * Keep music definitions in separate files from layout.

...and I agree with these principles - of keeping things well-ordered
and as simple and as flexible as possible.
:)
Regards
Bill




\version "2.14.1"
\header
{
title = "Accidentals"
 }

musicA =
\relative c'
{
<<
 {
cis'8 fis, bes4 <a cis>8 f bis4
cis2. <c, g'>4 |
}
\\
 {
ais'2 cis,
fis8 b a4 cis2
}
> >
}
musicB = \relative c' {
\clef bass
<fis, a cis>8 <f a cis>
cis' cis
<fis, a> <fis a>
dis'4
<fis, a cis>4 gis <f a d>2


}
\score {
\new PianoStaff {
<<
\context Staff = "up" {
#(set-accidental-style 'modern)
\musicA
}
\context Staff = "down" {
#(set-accidental-style 'modern)
\musicB
}
> >
}
}