Good point about the rehearsal marks. I guess I was thinking ahead to the task of printing individual intrunetal parts with many \book blocks in a single file.
Andrew On 2/13/08, Trevor Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, thanks, Andrew. I've noted this for the next revision > of that section (and Mats' later amendment). > > Trevor D > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+t.daniels=treda.co.u > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > Andrew Hawryluk > > Sent: 13 February 2008 05:40 > > To: lilypond-user Mailinglist > > Subject: suggestion for LM 5.1.3 > > > > > > Under LM 5.1.3 "Large projects" could we include > > something like this? > > It might also fit under 5.1.4 "Saving typing with > > variables and > > functions". Either way, I didn't discover this > > simple idea until I was > > browsing through the mailing list, and it would > > have saved me some > > trouble. (I was adding rehearsal marks to each > > instrument's music > > variable. How embarrassing!) > > > > -Andrew > > > > > > *** start draft text *** > > > > In large projects, you can combine several > > reusable variables to make > > a single staff of music. For example, if three > > trumpet lines have the > > same dynamics we could create a single variable > > that holds only the > > dynamic indications separated by skips. Likewise, > > if rehearsal marks > > are needed, they will be the same for all instruments. > > > > trumpetdynamics = { s1\f s1*10 s1\mp } > > rehearsalmarks = {s8 \mark \default } > > ... > > \score { << > > \new Staff { << \firsttrumpetnotes > > \trumpetdynamics \rehearsalmarks >> } > > \new Staff { << \secondtrumpetnotes > > \trumpetdynamics \rehearsalmarks >> } > > >> } > > > > *** end draft text *** > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > lilypond-user@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user