Re: Hold a note the length of a cadenza

[Timothy Lanfear]

On 26/12/2023 20:21, John Burt wrote:

Dear list,
While one part is singing a cadenza another part is holding a long 
note. I know how to make a rest or a skip the length of a cadenza bu 
not how to make a held note the length of the cadenza.

thanks
John Burt


Something like this should do it. The first argument of the the function 
note-of-length is a whole note (c''1) with the pitch you need, which is 
scaled to last the same time as the music (\cadenza) in the second argument,



\version "2.24.0"

note-of-length = #(define-music-function (note music) (ly:music? ly:music?)
  (ly:music-compress note (ly:music-length music)))

cadenza = { g'4 a'4 b'4 c''4 d''4 e''4 f''4 }

{
  \cadenzaOn
  <<
    { \cadenza g''4 }
    { \note-of-length c''1 \cadenza g'4 }
  >>
  \cadenzaOff
}

--
Timothy Lanfear, Bristol, UK.

RE: Hold a note the length of a cadenza

[Mark Stephen Mrotek]

John,

 

Look at
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/special-rhythmic-concerns#aligning-to-cadenzas

 

Mark

 

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Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2023 12:21 PM
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Subject: Hold a note the length of a cadenza

 

Dear list,

While one part is singing a cadenza another part is holding a long note. I know 
how to make a rest or a skip the length of a cadenza bu not how to make a held 
note the length of the cadenza.

thanks

John Burt

Re: Hold a note the length of a cadenza

[Paul Hodges]

The way I'd do it is to force the length of the held note to match that of the 
sung cadenza by multiplication.  For instance if there is a semibreve c being 
held while the cadenza part adds up to 7 crotchets, I'd write it as c1*7/4.  
But you could just write it normally and pad it out with skips (s2. in this 
instance) I guess.


Paul



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 To:   lilypond-user  
 Sent:   26/12/2023 20:21 
 Subject:   Hold a note the length of a cadenza 



Dear list,While one part is singing a cadenza another part is holding a long 
note. I know how to make a rest or a skip the length of a cadenza bu not how to 
make a held note the length of the cadenza.
thanks
John Burt