Re: How to typeset a voice cross over mark on a piano staff ?

2016-12-13 Thread Simon Albrecht
Hi Harald, On 13.12.2016 00:05, Harald Christiansen wrote: Are you suggesting to add a new voice through all the score for just one sign in one place? If it’s just one place, I wouldn’t do that. For multiple instances, it might make sense. (I tried to add a new voice locally Here’s how

Re: How to typeset a voice cross over mark on a piano staff ?

2016-12-12 Thread Harald Christiansen
OK, I managed to put together a hack (based on an idea from Simon: simple voice construct, hiding second voice) Looks to me as a rather ugly hack ;-) but at least I got what I wanted in a relatively simple form. % insert a courtesy voice cross over sign: melody changes from RH to LH (this is

Re: How to typeset a voice cross over mark on a piano staff ?

2016-12-12 Thread Harald Christiansen
Hi Simon Thanks for your reply. I don't think I understand your solution. Are you suggesting to add a new voice trough all the score for just one sign in one place? (I tried to add a new voice locally but I couldn't figure it out, it created a horrible mess even with \cadenzaOn) PS. I am

Re: How to typeset a voice cross over mark on a piano staff ?

2016-12-12 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 12.12.2016 02:27, Harald Christiansen wrote: It is NOT one voice in the technical meaning of Lilypond ... it is more virtual, so to speak. Then you still need one voice that changes staves, because a VoiceFollower is definitely the right thing to use, and easiest as well. Maybe try an

RE: How to typeset a voice cross over mark on a piano staff ?

2016-12-11 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Harald, In Lilypond it is called “staff change lines.” In 2.18 it is at http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-keyboards#staff_002dchange-lines MRK From: lilypond-user [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Harald

Re: How to typeset a voice cross over mark on a piano staff ?

2016-12-11 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 12.12.2016 00:41, Harald Christiansen wrote: Hi, I would like to mark a voice cross over on a piano staff with a dotted/dashed line. You need to have the voice cross staves using the \change command, and use \showStaffSwitch for the lines (both are explained in Notation Reference,

How to typeset a voice cross over mark on a piano staff ?

2016-12-11 Thread Harald Christiansen
Hi, I would like to mark a voice cross over on a piano staff with a dotted/dashed line. (I couldn't find anything related to lilypond) Essentially I want to connect a note in the "upper" stave (played by the right hand) with the "next" note on the lower stave (played by the left hand) to mark