My effort to create a document with six incipits from different pieces is running into a couple of problems. Can anyone help? I am pasting my code below (I've reduced the example somewhat for the purposes of asking the question).
Problem 1: How can I hide the clefs and key signatures from the ends of the lines? The commands in \score are not behaving as I thought they would based on the documentation.
Problem 2: How can I align the text markup to the start of the lines? I want "No. 1" etc. left-aligned to the very start of the staff.
Extra query: Does anyone know why using \partial breaks the beaming in the measure preceding the partial measure? Is there a general fix for this? (Short of hard-coding the proper beaming with [ ].)
Any assistance gratefully received!
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\version "2.16.2"
notes = {
\bar""\mark\markup\normalsize{No. 1}
\clef bass
\time 6/8
\key g \major
\partial 8 \once \stemUp d=8 |
g( d e) e( c d) |
\partial 8*5 d g d b g
\bar""
\break
\mark\markup\normalsize{No. 2}
\clef bass
\time 3/8
\key d \minor
\partial 8 a=8 |
d,4 bes'8 |
\partial 4 cis,4
\bar""
\break
\mark\markup\normalsize{No. 3}
\clef bass
\time 3/8
\key c \major
\partial 8 g=8 |
c8 c,16( d e f) |
\partial 4 g8( a)
\bar""
\break
\mark\markup\normalsize{No. 4}
\clef bass
\time 12/8
\key es \major
\partial 8 es8 |
es( d es) bes( c d) es( d es) g( f g) |
\break
\mark\markup\normalsize{No. 5}
\clef bass
\time 3/8
%\key c \minor
\partial 8 g=8 |
es8. f16 d8 |
\partial 16*3 es8.
\bar""
\break
\mark\markup\normalsize{No. 6}
\clef alto
\time 6/8
\key d \major
\partial 8 a='8 |
<< { d,4. e8 fis g |\noBreak
fis d a' \stemDown a16( g fis g) a8 \stemUp |\noBreak
d, a d e fis g |\noBreak } \\
{ fis,4. a8 s s |
d, s8*5 |
fis8 s s a s s | } \\
{ s2. |
a8 s8*5 |
s2. | } >>
fis'8 d a d,4
}
\score {
\relative c <<
\new Staff \notes
\override Score.TextScript #'font-family = #'sans
\override Score.RehearsalMark #'font-family = #'sans
\override Staff.Clef #'break-visibility = #begin-of-line-visible
\override Staff.Clef #'explicitClefVisibility = #begin-of-line-visible
\override Staff.TimeSignature #'break-visibility = #begin-of-line-
visible
\override Staff.KeySignature #'break-visibility = #begin-of-line-visible
\override Staff.KeySignature #'explicitKeySignatureVisibility = #begin-
of-line-visible
\override Staff.KeyCancellation #'break-visibility = #all-invisible
\override Staff.KeyCancellation #'explicitKeySignatureVisibility = #all-
invisible
>>
\layout {
}
}
\paper {
paper-height = 250\pt%7in=504pt max.
line-width = 432\pt
paper-width = 432\pt
left-margin = 0\pt
top-margin = 0\pt
bottom-margin = 0\pt
indent = 0
head-separation = 0\pt
page-top-space = 0\pt
after-title-space = 0\pt
before-title-space = 0\pt
between-system-padding = 0\pt
between-system-space = 0\pt
between-title-space = 0\pt
foot-separation = 0\pt
ragged-bottom = ##f
ragged-right = ##t
}
\book {
#(set-global-staff-size 13)
}
\header {
tagline = ""%removed
title = ""
}
Here is the solution to both of your questions:
1) I compiled your code above and the cautionary clefs are already hidden for me. The time signature problems will be solved by using \set Staff.explicitKeySignatureVisibility = #begin-of-line-visible.
2) To solve this, you can align the \mark\markup texts with clefs, then shift it by an horizontal amount.
Simply replace your \score for this one:
\score {
\relative c <<
\new Staff \notes
\override Score.RehearsalMark.break-align-symbols = #'(clef) %this will put the \mark\markup texts above the clefs
\override Score.Clef.break-align-anchor-alignment = #0.3 % %this controls its horizontal displacement. In my test, 0.3 was the ideal value to have the No. x exactly at the beginning of each system
\override Score.TextScript #'font-family = #'sans
\override Score.RehearsalMark #'font-family = #'sans
\override Staff.Clef #'break-visibility = #begin-of-line-visible
\override Staff.Clef #'explicitClefVisibility = #begin-of-line-visible
\override Staff.TimeSignature #'break-visibility = #begin-of-line-visible
\set Staff.explicitKeySignatureVisibility = #begin-of-line-visible % this will do the job with the time signatures
\override Staff.KeyCancellation #'break-visibility = #all-invisible
\override Staff.KeyCancellation #'explicitKeySignatureVisibility = #all-invisible
>>
\layout {
}
}
About your extra question: I found the following quotation in an old documentation of LilyPond (v2.12):
The \partial command is intended to be used only at the beginning of a piece. If you use it after the beginning, some odd warnings may occur.
Maybe this is the reason you are encountering these problems with beaming. I would suggest some workaround, as using invisible rests (entered as sn, where n is the duration). One other possibility for the beaming problem is to control the beaming manually. It is annoying, but it gets the job done :) Ex: replace the musical content of your No. 1, which is:
\partial 8 \once \stemUp d=8 |
g( d e) e([ c d)] |
\partial 8*5 d g d b g
for:
\partial 8 \once \stemUp d=8 |
g( d e) e([ c d)] |
\partial 8*5 d[ g d] b[ g]
I hope this helps.