Hi David,
Thanks for your help, your assistance is much appreciated. I was simply not
looking for the right terms in the manual, and am still getting my head
round some of the concepts!
Cheers,
Nick
On 25 March 2014 08:47, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
> Nick Vincent <n...@vtype.com> writes:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have recently discovered LilyPond and have been really amazed by how
> > powerful it is. I am using it to transcribe brass parts for a band I
> have
> > recently joined, so please excuse the possibly dumb question.
> >
> > I have a song where I would like the baritone sax and trombone to play
> the
> > same notes. I've worked out how to do this without typing all the notes
> > out twice, but can't work out how to output the two scores with different
> > clefs:
> >
> > barisax = \relative c { c' d e f }
> >
> >
> > \bookpart {
> >
> > % Baritone sax: should be in treble clef
> >
> > \score { \transpose bes c' { \barisax } }
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> > \bookpart {
> >
> > % Trombone: Should be in bass clef
> >
> > \score { \barisax }
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> > Putting \clef inside the score block results in a syntax error.
>
> A score block accepts exactly _one_ music expression. Your \score
> statements above, probably more by accident than design, fit that
> restriction. \clef "bass" is a music expression of its own. To group
> multiple music expressions into one, you use { ... } (namely, you need
> another level of braces here).
>
> Usually one would be more specific though, and write something like
> \new Staff \with { \clef "bass" } { ... }
>
> in order to make sure that all of the music material is put in a single
> staff.
>
> > I'm sure this must be possible, but I have scoured the internet and
> > the answer has eluded me so far.
>
> That's somewhat strange as the LilyPond manuals are easily accessible
> using "the internet" and naturally contain lots of examples where such
> things are done.
>
> --
> David Kastrup
>
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