Re: Merge/Condense vocal parts arbitrarily, on a per-'master staff' basis

2010-09-01 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Jeff, > Just what I needed! Glad to hear it. > It'll be a lot of work, but I think I can see exactly what you mean. > Basically, each system will have a LOT of staves, but most will be invisible, > most of the time. Precisely. It's my ultimate dream that Lilypond could do this staff-splitt

Re: Merge/Condense vocal parts arbitrarily, on a per-'master staff' basis

2010-09-01 Thread Jeff
Just what I needed! It'll be a lot of work, but I think I can see exactly what you mean. Basically, each system will have a LOT of staves, but most will be invisible, most of the time. Wonderful. Thank you! Jeff jeff_epst...@yahoo.com --- MY BOYS!!! - http://brother

Re: Merge/Condense vocal parts arbitrarily, on a per-'master staff' basis

2010-09-01 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Jeff, > I think my question came across differently than I intended. What I > want is NOT for LilyPond to programmatically determine the best > layout for each system. Rather, *I* want to tell Lily Pond that, Yes, that is "easy" (read: possible). > (I'm thinking that each system could be a

Re: Merge/Condense vocal parts arbitrarily, on a per-'master staff' basis

2010-09-01 Thread Jeff Epstein
Thank you for the helpful information, Kieren. I will look carefully at the polyphony documentation. I think my question came across differently than I intended. What I want is NOT for LilyPond to programmatically determine the best layout for each system. Rather, *I* want to tell Lily Pond tha

Re: Merge/Condense vocal parts arbitrarily, on a per-'master staff' basis

2010-09-01 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Jeff, > What I need to do, is to merge parts together, arbitrarily, differently within > each "master staff" (each set of staves, on each new line on the > printout...sorry, don't know the right terminology). "System". > And so on. This will condense the printout by a LOT, and it feels necess

Re: Merge/Condense vocal parts arbitrarily, on a per-'master staff' basis

2010-09-01 Thread Jeff Epstein
I did NOT cross off the word "impressive" in my original post! I meant to emphasize it with em-dashes. I don't understand the syntax here yet. Also, here's the fixed link to the "after" picture: http://jeffyepstein.com/posts/merge_parts_question/after.jpg __

Merge/Condense vocal parts arbitrarily, on a per-'master staff' basis

2010-09-01 Thread Jeff Epstein
I have been playing with LilyPond on and off for a while now. I'm a programmer and musician, so I feel like I have a head start. But it's--impressive--heavy duty stuff. I'm still really doing only the basics with LilyPond. Anyway, I arrange acapella music. I want to get away from arranging by penc