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List:       lilypond-user
Subject:    stave compression, music reuse, etc.
From:       Kieren Richard MacMillan <kieren_macmillan () sympatico ! ca>
Date:       2003-09-28 21:20:32
Message-ID: 977C3EBA-F1F9-11D7-A680-00306572DA52 () sympatico ! ca
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Hello, all --

I write choral music that includes many different textures, including 
the following: extended sections in "unison" (i.e., SA in unison, TB in 
unison an octave lower), which can be written on a single line; 
homophonic sections, which can (often) be written on two staves; and 
polyphonic sections, which require four (or sometimes more) staves. In 
a single engraved score, I sometimes need to switch between these 
"modes", in order to improve readability, reduce errors, and save space.

Is there any way that I can take advantage of Lilypond to assist with 
this? For example, can I assign the same music to four different 
Voices, and decide at compile time whether the four voices should be 
outputted to one, two, or four lines?

Thanks,
Kieren.




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