Re: Aesthetics question -- how would you typeset this?

[Evan Driscoll]

The difference between  << {...} // {...} >> and chords I get -- but what about << {...} {...} >> *without* the //, for example in the first three lines of my snippet? Those seem to work the same as collating the corresponding notes in chords.

Evan

On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 11:48 AM Mark Stephen Mrotek <address@hidden> wrote:

Evan,

 

As to your “bonus” question, <<{….}//{….}>> creates two separate voices, as in polyphony,

While <..> creates a chord.

 

Mark

 

From: lilypond-user [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=address@hidden] On Behalf Of Evan Driscoll
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2019 8:54 PM
To: Lilypond-User Mailing List <address@hidden>
Subject: Aesthetics question -- how would you typeset this?

 

I've got a couple measures that I'm struggling to even figure out what I want the result from Lilypond to be. I've pasted the snippet below. As picky connoisseurs of good notation, I'm wondering what other people would do or like to see. :-) I'm leaning toward the second option but am uncertain.

 

As a bonus question on Lilypond itself -- what are the differences between

  << {  g bf g a ... } { g, g g g } >>

and 

  <g g,> <bf g,> <g g,> <a g,>

in this context? Aside from the octave changes working relative to different notes, is there any difference? When should I prefer one to another?

 

Thanks again,

Evan

 

 

\language "english"

\relative c'' {
  \key g \minor
  \time 3/4
  <<
    { s4^"The default, but melody 'lost' in the other visual noise" }
    { r4 g8[ bf g a] | bf4 a8 bf g bf | a([ g)] g bf g a | bf4 r2 }
{ s4 g,8 g g g | g4  g8 g  g g  | g g g g  g g | g4 s2 }
  >>
  \break
  \stemDown
  <<
    { s4^"I like this more but is forcing the stems departing too much from standard practice?" }
    { r4 g'8[ bf g a] | bf4 a8 bf g bf | a([ g)] g bf g a | bf4 r2 }
{ s4 g,8 g g g | g4  g8 g  g g  | g g g g  g g | g4 s2 }
  >>
  \break
  \stemNeutral
  \clef "tenor"
  <<
    { s4^"This also works well but this is an area already with tons of clef changes and this adds two more"}
    { r4 g'8[ bf g a] | bf4 a8 bf g bf | a([ g)] g bf g a | bf4 r2 }
{ s4 g,8 g g g | g4  g8 g  g g  | g g g g  g g | g4 s2 }
  >>
  \break
  \clef "treble"
  r4^"I don't like this but for completeness..."
  <<
    { g'8[ bf g a] | bf4 a8 bf g bf | a([ g)] g bf g a | bf4 }
\\
{ g,8 g g g | g4  g8 g  g g  | g[ g] g g  g g | g4 }
  >> r2
}