Re: Multiple parts on the same stems

[Pierre-Luc Gauthier]

Sorry about the noise, I misread your post.

Maybe a custom drum style table could be a more elegant solution.

https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/custom-percussion-staves

Le ven. 19 avr. 2024, à 09 h 05, Pierre-Luc Gauthier
<p.luc.gauthier@gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Remove all the double backslashes "\\" They add their own
> \voice{One,Two,Three,etc}
>
> Le jeu. 18 avr. 2024, à 14 h 39, Gerardo Ballabio
> <gerardo.ballabio@gmail.com> a écrit :
> >
> > Hello again,
> > in fact, Knute's suggestion works well with stems pointing down. But
> > then I tried also with stems pointing up (that is, using \voiceOne
> > instead of \voiceTwo) and in that case the stems are slightly
> > misaligned (see attached example).
> > My guess is that the notes are aligned on the left, but different note
> > heads haven't the same width, so the stems don't line up together when
> > they are on the right.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Gerardo
> >
> > %%%%%%%%%%
> > \version "2.24.1"
> >
> > bassDrum = \relative {
> >   \voiceOne
> >   s1 |
> >   s2 b2-> |
> >   s1 |
> >   s2 b2-> |
> > }
> >
> > cymbals = \relative {
> >   \voiceOne
> >   \override NoteHead.style = #'xcircle
> >   s1 |
> >   s2 f'2 |
> >   s1 |
> >   s2 f2 |
> > }
> >
> > tamTam = \relative {
> >   \voiceOne
> >   \override NoteHead.style = #'cross
> >   s1 |
> >   s2 e2 |
> >   s1 |
> >   s2 e2 |
> > }
> >
> > pause = \new Voice {
> >   \clef "varpercussion"
> >   \time 4/4
> >   R1 |
> >   r2 s2\f |
> >   R1 |
> >   r2 s2 |
> > }
> >
> > percussions = \new Voice \relative {
> >   <<
> >     \cymbals
> >   \\
> >     \tamTam
> >   \\
> >     \bassDrum
> >   >>
> > }
> >
> > \new Staff
> > <<
> >   \pause
> >   \percussions
> > >>
> > %%%%%%%%%%
> >
> > Il giorno mer 17 apr 2024 alle ore 23:13 Gerardo Ballabio
> > <gerardo.ballabio@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> > >
> > > Thank you Knute and Mats.
> > > Removing the "\\" aligns the notes on the same stem, but they also get
> > > the same note head.
> > > Keeping the "\\" and using \voiceTwo aligns the notes and shows
> > > different note heads.
> > >
> > > Gerardo
> > >
> > > Il giorno mer 17 apr 2024 alle ore 13:19 Mats Bengtsson
> > > <matsboxergrand@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> > > >
> > > > On 2024-04-16 21:59, Gerardo Ballabio wrote:
> > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > I'm trying to typeset a percussion score with several instruments on
> > > > > the same staff. When they play simultaneous notes I want to line them
> > > > > up all on the same stem, like this (output attached, percussion1.pdf):
> > > > >
> > > > > %%%%%%%%%%
> > > > > \version "2.24.1"
> > > > >
> > > > > \new Staff \relative {
> > > > >    \clef "varpercussion"
> > > > >    \stemDown
> > > > >    R1 |
> > > > >    r2 <e b' f'>2\f-> |
> > > > >    R1 |
> > > > >    r2 q2-> |
> > > > > }
> > > > > %%%%%%%%%%
> > > > >
> > > > > But I'd like to write down each part separately, so that I may also
> > > > > print the single parts without redoing everything. And I also want to
> > > > > use different note heads for each instrument.
> > > > > This is the best I could come up with:
> > > > >
> > > > > %%%%%%%%%%
> > > > > \version "2.24.1"
> > > > >
> > > > > bassDrum = \relative {
> > > > >    \stemDown
> > > > >    s1 |
> > > > >    s2 b2-> |
> > > > >    s1 |
> > > > >    s2 b2-> |
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > cymbals = \relative {
> > > > >    \override NoteHead.style = #'xcircle \stemDown
> > > > >    s1 |
> > > > >    s2 f'2 |
> > > > >    s1 |
> > > > >    s2 f2 |
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > tamTam = \relative {
> > > > >    \override NoteHead.style = #'cross \stemDown
> > > > >    s1 |
> > > > >    s2 e2 |
> > > > >    s1 |
> > > > >    s2 e2 |
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > pause = \new Voice {
> > > > >    \clef "varpercussion"
> > > > >    \time 4/4
> > > > >    R1 |
> > > > >    r2 s2\f |
> > > > >    R1 |
> > > > >    r2 s2 |
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > percussions = \new Voice \relative {
> > > > >    <<
> > > > >      \cymbals
> > > > >    \\
> > > > >      \tamTam
> > > > >    \\
> > > > >      \bassDrum
> > > > >    >>
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > \new Staff
> > > > > <<
> > > > >    \pause
> > > > >    \percussions
> > > > > %%%%%%%%%%
> > > > >
> > > > > But as you can see (output attached, percussion2.pdf) the three notes
> > > > > aren't aligned on the same stem, only two of them are.
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried \partCombine, it works nicely with two parts, but if there's a
> > > > > way to combine three or more I didn't find it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any help is much appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Just remove the "\\" in your definition of percussions:
> > > >
> > > > percussions = \new Voice \relative {
> > > >    <<
> > > >      \cymbals
> > > >      \tamTam
> > > >      \bassDrum
> > > >    >>
> > > > }
> > > > In that way, all three lines of music will belong to the same Voice.
> > > >
> > > > When you use the construct << ... \\ ... >>, you explicitly ask LilyPond
> > > > to create separate voices with separate stems, for the different lines
> > > > of music, which is not what you want in this particular situation.
> > > >
> > > >      /Mats
> > > >
>
>
>
> --
> Pierre-Luc Gauthier



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