Re: setting partCombine text at a higher level

[Paul Scott]

Thank you!  That's perfect.  The somewhat standard names I would use are:

soloText = I

soloIIText = II

I should have mentioned that I always use the unstable version.

Stay safe,

Paul


On 5/11/21 6:00 PM, Aaron Hill wrote:
> On 2021-05-11 5:44 pm, Paul Scott wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Can the variables? soloText and its companions soloIIText, etc. be set
> > at a higher level than \new Staff so it doesn't have to be repeated
> > for each staff?  (Notation Manual 1.5.2)
>
> You can do it more globally in a \layout block if you want it to apply 
> to all staves.  Otherwise, put the variable definitions in a \with 
> block that can be referenced on individual staves.
>
> %%%%
> \version "2.22.0"
>
> \layout {
> \context {
>  \Staff
>  soloText = girl
>  soloIIText = boy
>  aDueText = together
> }
> }
>
> combineTexts = \with {
>  soloText = cat
>  soloIIText = dog
> }
>
> \new Staff <<
>  \partCombine
>  \relative c'' { g4 g r r a2 g }
>  \relative c'' { r4 r a( b) a2 g } >>
>
> \new Staff \with \combineTexts <<
>  \partCombine
>  \relative c'' { g4 g r r a2 g }
>  \relative c'' { r4 r a( b) a2 g } >>
> %%%%
>
>
> -- Aaron Hill