Foremost, a BIG thank-you to everyone who has written, developed,
tweaked, and improved Lilypond and to everyone who has answered
questions on the Lilypond Users Group.
I am preparing a score in Lilypond for full orchestra and want to use
my customary layout (system starts, naming, etc.).
In particular I want to name groups of instruments by family, say
Clarinets in Bb, and then individually name each staff (vertically) 1
and 2. I want to be able to freely assign a
"family-group-instrument-name" to any number of staves (say 5
percussion staves). I do not want to create staff groups for each
family. I have succeeded in making a tweak using various markup
commands. But, I am very dissatisfied with the process and the result.
1. My entire tweak is a kludge.
2. The tweak is not logical. I am using text commands to create a
"familyGroupStaffScoreInstrumentName".
3. The layout is imperfect despite my best efforts to tweak positioning
by eye.
4. The layout must be modified if I change the line-width (which I
often do in making final layout decisions).
5. I must tag and filter the tweak for score and parts.
6. I had to create a fictitious spacing (s1*0) to use the markup text
commands. (The rests are necessary in the Ur-piece.)
Questions: Is there a better, easier, more logical, more consistent
solution with better layout?
Have I missed a staff-group command for nestled groups (but using
the system start delimiters of my choice)?
I am enclosing a minimal excerpt from my score (just woodwinds and two
strings). I am a pencil and paper composer trying to make the
transition to digital engraving. I don't really understand Lilypond or
Scheme --- I usually solve my problems by perspiration and reading the
archives --- so please be simple and detailed in any replies. Much
obliged.
%snippet begins (Six woodwinds and Two strings in two StaffGroup s)
\version "2.11.35"
fluteOne = \new Voice {
\relative c'' {
\set Staff.instrumentName = "1 "
\tag #'score { s1*0_\markup { \translate #'(-19 . -6) \lower #1.5
Flutes } R1 }
\tag #'part R1
R1*3 \bar "|."
}}
fluteTwo = \new Voice {
\relative c'' {
\set Staff.instrumentName = "2 "
R1*4 \bar "|."
}}
oboe = \new Voice {
\relative c' {
\set Staff.instrumentName = "Oboe "
R1*4 \bar "|."
}}
clarinetOne = \new Voice {
\transpose bes c' \relative c' {
\set Staff.instrumentName = " 1 "
\tag #'score { s1*0_\markup { \translate #'(-28 . -2) "Clarinets in B"
\lower #1.5 \flat } R1 }
\tag #'part R1
R1*3 \bar "|."
}}
clarinetTwo = \new Voice {
\transpose bes c'
\relative c' {
\set Staff.instrumentName = " 2 "
R1*4 \bar "|."
}}
bassoon = \new Voice {
\relative c' {
\set Staff.instrumentName = "Bassoon "
\clef bass
R1*4 \bar "|."
}}
violincello = \new Voice {
\relative c {
\set Staff.instrumentName = "Violincello "
\clef bass
<< { s1*4 } \\ { \tiny d4.\pp^\markup { Bass soli, pizz. } d8 a4 a4
d4. d8 a4 a4
d4. d8 a4 a4
d4 a'8 bes a g f e} >> \normalsize
\bar "|."
}}
bass = \new Voice {
\relative c {
\set Staff.instrumentName = "Contrabass "
\clef bass
d4.\pp^"pizz." d8 a4 a4
d4. d8 a4 a4
d4. d8 a4 a4
d4 a'8 bes a g f e \bar "|."
}}
\paper {
indent = 20.0\mm
line-width=170.0\mm
}
\score {
<<
\new StaffGroup <<
\set StaffGroup.systemStartDelimiterHierarchy =
#'(SystemStartBracket (SystemStartSquare a b ) c (SystemStartSquare
d e ))
\new Staff << \removeWithTag #'part \keepWithTag #'score
\fluteOne >>
\new Staff << \removeWithTag #'part \keepWithTag #'score
\fluteTwo >>
\new Staff << \removeWithTag #'part \keepWithTag #'score
\oboe >>
\new Staff << \removeWithTag #'part \keepWithTag #'score
\clarinetOne >>
\new Staff << \removeWithTag #'part \keepWithTag #'score
\clarinetTwo >>
\new Staff << \removeWithTag #'part \keepWithTag #'score
\bassoon >>
>>
\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff << \removeWithTag #'part \keepWithTag #'score
\violincello >>
\new Staff << \removeWithTag #'part \keepWithTag #'score
\bass >>
>>
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Staff
\override TimeSignature #'style = #'numbered
} % closes context
} %closes layout
} %closes score
%snippet ends_______________________________________________
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