Hi musicians,
i wrote some training exercises for the piano; I have a .ly file for each one; because these exercises share the same structure (a musical pattern that is translated to other keys) I put the music content (notes) on a separated .ly file; I read the documentation but I don't understand how to do to collect all the exercises in a single book, with text parts between them.
I would avoid copyng and paste the music content on the final "book" .ly file, indeed using single exercises files as reference , but I don't know if I can or not. Any help is appreciated
dario
Hi, Dario -
Please take a look at
in the Notation Reference. There, you can see how \bookpart can be used to include the individual exercises, with text (using \markup, and represented by the ellipsis (the ... ) on the line after the score.
I haven't ever put long text entries between \score s, but here's the structure I've used successfully with fiddle tunes:
%%%%%%%
\version "2.19.81"
\language "english"
\include "GlobalSettings.ily" % my file with global \paper, \layout, and font size settings
\include "tune1".ly
\include "tune2".ly
\include "tune3".ly
%%%%% I don't know why I put this \paper here, rather than in \GlobalSettings.ly. I think there was a reason, but I can't remember it %%%%%%
\paper {
scoreTitleMarkup = \markup {
\fill-line {
{ \column {
\fromproperty #'header:title
%\fromproperty #'header:poet
}
{ \fromproperty #'header:composer
}
}
}
}
}
\book {
% Title of set.
\header {
subtitle = \markup { \fontsize #4 "Title of Collection"}
}
% Tune 1 % This first tune has melody and harmony.
\score {
\new GrandStaff
<<
\new Staff
\relative c' {
\clef alto
\
tuneOne }
\relative c' {
\clef alto
\new Staff
\
tuneOneHarmony }
>>
\layout {
indent = #0
\context {
%prevent tunes from printing on two pages
\override NonMusicalPaperColumn.page-break-permission = ##f
}
}
% Title and meter of this tune.
\header {
title = \markup \large \bold "
Tune 1"
composer = \markup \bold "
Composer 1"
}
}
\noPageBreak
\markup \fill-line { " " } % I used this for source and copyright information.
%%%% additional \markup can go here
% Tune 2
\score {
\relative c' {
\clef alto
{ \tuneTwo }
}
\layout {
indent = #0
\context {
%prevent tunes from printing on two pages
\override NonMusicalPaperColumn.page-break-permission = ##f
}
}
% Title and meter of this tune.
\header {
title = \markup \large \bold "Tune 2"
composer = \markup \bold "Composer 2"
}
}
\noPageBreak
\markup \fill-line { " " } % I used this for source and copyright information.
%%%% additional \markup can go here
% Tune 3
\score {
\relative c' {
\clef alto
{ \
tuneThree }
}
\layout {
indent = #0
\context {
%prevent tunes from printing on two pages
\override NonMusicalPaperColumn.page-break-permission = ##f
}
}
% Title and meter of this tune.
\header {
title = \markup \large \bold "
Tune 3"
composer = \markup \bold "
Composer 3"
}
}
\noPageBreak
\markup \fill-line { " " } % I used this for source and copyright information.
%%%% additional \markup can go here
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
I'm pretty sure I've closed all the {}s, and not put in any extra }s, but I'm not positive. Let me know if you have any other questions. I have the \layout {...} entry in both the GlobalSettings.ily and in the individual files; I'm not sure that's necessary, but I seem to recall having a problem when I omitted that entry from the individual files.
Regarding text between the tunes, or exercises in your case, I have minimal experience, and someone else might be able to give you better advice.