2012/7/4 Nick Baskin <address@hidden>:
> Hey all,
>
> Is there any way to create Hauptstimme and Nebenstimme brackets in LilyPond?
> My searches of the manual, LSR, and recent list archives have not been
> fruitful. I am using version 2.14.2.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick Baskin
What is "Hauptstimme and Nebenstimme brackets"?
I'm a native german speaker, but I really don't understand what you're writing.
Could you provide an example?
-Harm
@Nathan: Brilliant! This is just what I needed. Thanks!
@Thomas/Harm: Hauptstimme and Nebenstimme brackets are used to show which voices in a thick texture are the most important ones. My understanding is that they were first invented by Schoenberg, but this could be incorrect. There is a little information on the English Wikipedia here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptstimme , but the German Wikipedia article it links to appears to be about something rather different. (My German is not good enough to tell for certain, though, sorry!)
~Nick Baskin
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