On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 8:23 AM Dario Marrini
wrote:
> Hi musicians,
> i wrote some training exercises for the piano; I have a .ly file for each
> one; because these exercises share the same structure (a musical pattern
> that is translated to other keys) I put the music content (notes) on a
> separated .ly file; I read the documentation but I don't understand how to
> do to collect all the exercises in a single book, with text parts between
> them.
> I would avoid copyng and paste the music content on the final "book" .ly
> file, indeed using single exercises files as reference , but I don't know
> if I can or not. Any help is appreciated
>
> dario
>
Hi, Dario -
Please take a look at
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/multiple-scores-in-a-book
in the Notation Reference. There, you can see how \bookpart can be used to
include the individual exercises, with text (using \markup, and represented
by the ellipsis (the ... ) on the line after the score.
I haven't ever put long text entries between \score s, but here's the
structure I've used successfully with fiddle tunes:
%%%
\version "2.19.81"
\language "english"
\include "*GlobalSettings*.ily" % my file with global \paper,
\layout, and font size settings
\include "*tune1*".ly
\include "*tune2*".ly
\include "*tune3*".ly
% I don't know why I put this \paper here, rather than in \
*GlobalSettings*.ly. I think there was a reason, but I can't remember it
%%
\paper {
scoreTitleMarkup = \markup {
\fill-line {
{ \column {
\fromproperty #'header:title
%\fromproperty #'header:poet
}
{ \fromproperty #'header:composer
}
}
}
}
}
\book {
% Title of set.
\header {
subtitle = \markup { \fontsize #4 "*Title of Collection*"}
}
% Tune 1 % This first tune has melody and harmony.
\score {
\new GrandStaff
<<
\new Staff
\relative c' {
\clef alto
\*tuneOne*
}
\relative c' {
\clef alto
\new Staff
\*tuneOneHarmony*
}
>>
\layout {
indent = #0
\context {
%prevent tunes from printing on two pages
\override NonMusicalPaperColumn.page-break-permission = ##f
}
}
% Title and meter of this tune.
\header {
title = \markup \large \bold "*Tune 1*"
composer = \markup \bold "*Composer 1*"
}
}
\noPageBreak
\markup \fill-line { " " } % I used this for source and copyright
information.
additional \markup can go here
% Tune 2
\score {
\relative c' {
\clef alto
{ \*tuneTwo* }
}
\layout {
indent = #0
\context {
%prevent tunes from printing on two pages
\override NonMusicalPaperColumn.page-break-permission = ##f
}
}
% Title and meter of this tune.
\header {
title = \markup \large \bold "*Tune 2*"
composer = \markup \bold "*Composer 2*"
}
}
\noPageBreak
\markup \fill-line { " " } % I used this for source and copyright
information.
additional \markup can go here
% Tune 3
\score {
\relative c' {
\clef alto
{ \*tuneThree* }
}
\layout {
indent = #0
\context {
%prevent tunes from printing on two pages
\override NonMusicalPaperColumn.page-break-permission = ##f
}
}
% Title and meter of this tune.
\header {
title = \markup \large \bold "*Tune 3*"
composer = \markup \bold "*Composer 3*"
}
}
\noPageBreak
\markup \fill-line { " " } % I used this for source and copyright
information.
additional \markup can go here
}
%%%
I'm pretty sure I've closed all the {}s, and not put in any extra }s, but
I'm not positive. Let me know if you have any other questions. I have the
\layout {...} entry in both the *GlobalSettings*.ily and in the individual
files; I'm not sure that's necessary, but I seem to recall having a problem
when I omitted that entry from the individual files.
Regarding text between the tunes, or exercises in your case, I have minimal
experience, and someone else might be able to give you better advice.
HTH,
Ralph
--
Ralph Palmer
Brattleboro, VT
USA
(he, him, his)
palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com
