Re: new user--Glissando question

[Bill Restemeyer]

Daniel,

Thanks much for the valuable tips.  I was able to adapt your method for other 
parts of the piece also.

I promise to follow the rules of Tiny Examples if I need to submit another 
snippet. :-)

Bill

 
On Nov 27, 2012, at 12:24 PM, Daniel Rosen wrote:

> Since you never have more than two voices of music at once, there's no need 
> for you to have more than one voice within a Staff context. Just put all the 
> music for the each hand in its respective Staff context and use the \change 
> function to switch staves:
> 
> %%% start
> \header{
>  title = "glissando example"
>  poet =  \markup \harp-pedal #"v-^|v--v"
> }
> 
> \relative c {
>  \new PianoStaff <<
>    \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = \markup \italic #"HARP  "
>    \new Staff = "right" { 
>      \key f \major 
>      e'''8 d c a-4( f) c f,4 | \voiceOne
>      \change Staff = "left" s4 c,\glissando^"R" \once \hideNotes g''
>      c,\glissando \change Staff = "right" | \oneVoice
>      g''4\glissando bes,,\glissando g''\glissando bes,,\glissando |
>    } 
>    \new Staff = "left" {
>      \key f \major
>      \clef bass
>      f,4\glissando bes'\glissando f,4\glissando bes' \glissando | \voiceTwo
>      f,\glissando_"L" \once \hideNotes c''
>      f,\glissando \once \hideNotes c'' |
>      s1      
>    }
>>> 
> }
> 
> \version "2.16.1"
> 
> %%% end
> 
> In the future, debugging is a lot easier when you use tiny examples 
> (http://www.lilypond.org/tiny-examples.html). :) 
> 
> DR
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Restemeyer [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 7:46 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: new user--Glissando question
> 
> Hello!  I'm trying to use LilyPond to score music for Harp and have a 
> question about continuous glissandos.  There are measures in this piece (4/4) 
> where each quarter note is the beginning and the end of a glissando (well, 
> except the first).  After doing this for a while, this pattern stops and each 
> quarter note begins a "contemporary" glissando (no ending note).  My problem 
> is conecting these two with another glissando.  To create the "contemporary" 
> glissando, I break into two voices, so the question is how to connect the 
> last Bb quarter note to the following F quarter note (all in the left hand).
> 
> \header{
>  title = "glissando example"
>  poet =  \markup \harp-pedal #"v-^|v--v"
> }
> 
> \relative c {
> \new PianoStaff <<
> \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = \markup \italic #"HARP  "
>  \new Staff = "right" { \key f \major 
> \override Glissando #'breakable = ##t
> \override Glissando #'after-line-breaking = ##t
> 
> e'''8 d c a-4( f) c f,4 | s1 |
>    g'4\glissando bes,,\glissando g''\glissando bes,,\glissando |
>  }
> 
> 
>  \new Staff = "left" { \key f \major
>    \clef bass
> 
>  \override Glissando #'breakable = ##t
>  \override Glissando #'after-line-breaking = ##t
> 
> f,4\glissando bes'\glissando f,4\glissando bes' %\glissando | 
>    <<
>     {s4 c,\glissando^"R" \hideNotes g'' \unHideNotes c,\glissando \change 
> Staff = "right" \hideNotes g'' \unHideNotes \change Staff = "left" }
>      \\
>     { f,,,\glissando_"L" \hideNotes c'' \unHideNotes f,\glissando \hideNotes 
> c''\unHideNotes }
>>> 
>    s2. |
> 
> }
>>> 
> 
> }
> 
> 
> \version "2.16.1"  % necessary for upgrading to future LilyPond versions.
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give!
>