Re: looking for examples

[Tim McNamara]

On May 23, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Lewis Overton wrote:

> I'm working on pieces for 5 trombones and rhythm in a jazz idiom.  
> Writing individual bits and pieces is ok, but putting things  
> together is causing me grief. In particular, problems include  
> combining chords for piano with occasional non-chorded notes,  
> writing down solo sections as chords with slashes for beats, and  
> generally organizing things so both a score and individual parts  
> can be produced without repeating lots of data entry. I've been to  
> the much improved (thank you) documentation which is generally very  
> accesible on-line, sample snippets, and what examples I can find on  
> the site with some success. I think I'm at the point where seeing a  
> well assembled complete piece would answer a lot of questions.
>
> I tried Mutopia, but found nothing in the idiom. I'm still looking,  
> but it seems appropriate to ask others for guidance. So could you  
> stear me to some complete charts with a combination of rhythm  
> (piano chords, bass, drums) and solo instrument parts? Except for  
> chords vs. notes, I don't think the jazz idiom is a problem. Falls,  
> doits, etc. are under control. It's more the assembly that has me  
> stumbling around looking for light.

Chip Wiegand recently posted a template to the group that can be  
readily adapted to this- it creates a master chart with all the  
parts, plus individual charts for each instrument.  I've had good  
results with it, needing to tweak a couple of things for my specific  
use of course.  Here's a copy with my thanks to Chip:


% LilyPond
\include "english.ly"
\version "2.12.2"
\header{
   title = " "
   composer = "As Recorded By: "
   arranger = "Transcribed by: Chip Wiegand"
}
global = { \time 4/4 \key bf  \major
 #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 * *) 1 4 'Staff)
 #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 * *) 2 4 'Staff)
 #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 * *) 3 4 'Staff)
 \override Glissando #'thickness = #3
 \override Glissando #'style = #'zigzag
 \override Glissando #'minimum-length = #6
 \override Glissando #'springs-and-rods = #ly:spanner::set-spacing-rods
 \override MultiMeasureRest #'expand-limit = 1
 \set Score.skipBars = ##t
 \numericTimeSignature
}
\paper {
top-margin = 0.1\cm
page-top-space = 0.1\cm
ragged-bottom = ##t
left-margin = 20\mm
line-width = 175\mm
}

tagline = \markup {
     \simple #(strftime "%b %d, %Y" (localtime (current-time)))
      \with-url #"http://lilypond.org/web/";
     { LilyPond \simple #(lilypond-version) (http://lilypond.org/) }
}

% ------ Trumpet 1------
trpta = {}
trumpeta = \transpose bf c \relative c'' {
 \global
 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Trumpet 1"
 \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Trpt 1"
 \clef treble
 << \trpta >>
 }

% ------ Trumpet 2------
trptb = {}
trumpetb = \transpose bf c \relative c'' {
 \global
 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Trumpet 2"
 \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Trpt 2"
 \clef treble
 << \trptb >>
}

% ------ Alto Sax 1 ------
altoa = {}
altosaxa = \transpose bf g \relative c'' {
 \global
 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Alto Sax"
 \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Alto"
 \clef treble
 << \altoa >>
}

% ------ Tenor------
tenor = {}
tenorsax = \transpose bf c \relative c'' {
 \global
 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Tenor Sax"
 \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Tenor"
 \clef treble
 << \tenor >>
}

% ------ Bari------
bari = {}
barisax = \transpose bf g \relative c''{
 \global
 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Bari Sax"
 \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Bari"
 \clef treble
 << \bari >>
}

% ------ Trombone 1------
tbonea = {}
trombonea = \relative c {
 \global
 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Trombone 1"
 \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Tbn 1"
 \clef bass
 << \tbonea >>
}

% ------ Trombone 2------
tboneb= {}
tromboneb = \relative c {
 \global
 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Trombone 2"
 \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Tbn 2"
 \clef bass
 << \tboneb >>
}

\book { \score {
 <<
   \new StaffGroup = "trumpets" <<
        \new Staff = "trpta" \trumpeta
            \new Staff = "trptb" \trumpetb >>
   \new StaffGroup = "saxes" <<
            \new Staff = "altoa" \altosaxa
            \new Staff = "tenor" \tenorsax
            \new Staff = "bari" \barisax >>
   \new StaffGroup = "trombones" <<
            \new Staff = "tbonea" \trombonea
        \new Staff = "tboneb" \tromboneb>>
 >> } }

\book { \score { << \new Staff = "trumpeta" \with { \remove  
Instrument_name_engraver } \trumpeta >> \header {piece="Trumpet 1"}  
\layout { indent = 0\mm} } }
\book { \score { << \new Staff = "trumpetb" \with { \remove  
Instrument_name_engraver } \trumpetb >> \header {piece="Trumpet 2"}  
\layout { indent = 0\mm} } }
\book { \score { << \new Staff = "altosaxa" \with { \remove  
Instrument_name_engraver } \altosaxa >> \header {piece="Alto Sax"}  
\layout { indent = 0\mm} } }
\book { \score { << \new Staff = "tenorsax" \with { \remove  
Instrument_name_engraver } \tenorsax >> \header {piece="Tenor Sax"}  
\layout { indent = 0\mm} } }
\book { \score { << \new Staff = "barisax" \with { \remove  
Instrument_name_engraver } \barisax >> \header {piece="Baritone Sax"}  
\layout { indent = 0\mm} } }
\book { \score { << \new Staff = "trombonea" \with { \remove  
Instrument_name_engraver } \trombonea >> \header {piece="Trombone 1"}  
\layout { indent = 0\mm} } }
\book { \score { << \new Staff = "tromboneb" \with { \remove  
Instrument_name_engraver } \tromboneb >> \header {piece="Trombone 2"}  
\layout { indent = 0\mm} } }
\layout { \context { \Score } }