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Adding instrument name and clef change to cue notes

…However, these commands do neither print any cue instrument name, nor do they allow the cue notes … …that you always have to manually give the instrument name and clef of the quoting voice, because … …way known to me how to set the instrument name and clef for a quoted voice automatically.

…id=388 \paper { tagline = ##f } % set the cue instrument name setCue = #(define-music-function (instr) (string?) #{ \set … …cueDuring % -) CueInstrument and OriginalInstrument are the displayed instrument names % -) CueClef and OriginalClef are the clefs … …layout { \context { \Score % set the font of the instrument names to a smaller size: \override InstrumentSwitch.font-size = …

Aligning and centering instrument names (advanced)

…is an advanced macro to produce automatically centered instrument names: use \instrument for a single line instrument name, and \instruments for a multi line instrument name.

…markup #:hcenter-pad indent #:huge m)) texts))))) #(define-markup-command (instrument layout props text) (markup?) (interpret-markup layout props (markup … …new StaffGroup << \new Staff << \set Staff . instrumentName = \markup \instrument Violons { c'4 d' e' f' g'1 } >> \… …g'1 } >> \new Staff << \set Staff . instrumentName = \markup \instrument Basses { \clef bass c4 c c g, c1 } >> >> \…

Aligning and centering instrument names

The horizontal alignment of instrument names is tweaked by changing the Staff.InstrumentName.… …and short-indent define the space in which the instrument names are aligned before the first and the …

…InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #LEFT instrumentName = \markup \left-column { "Left aligned" "instrument name" } shortInstrumentName = "Left" } { c''1 \break c''1 } \… …override InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #CENTER instrumentName = \markup \center-column { Centered "instrument name" } shortInstrumentName = "Centered" } { g'1 g'1} \new … …InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #RIGHT instrumentName = \markup \right-column { "Right aligned" "instrument name" } shortInstrumentName = "Right" } { e'1 e'1 } >> \layout { …

Replacing default MIDI instrument equalization

The default MIDI instrument equalizer can be replaced by setting the instrumentEqualizer … …a user-defined Scheme procedure that uses a MIDI instrument name as its argument along with a pair … …volumes respectively to be applied to that specific instrument. The following example sets the minimum and maximum …

…probabily also want to generate scores for each instrument. You can make lilypond create multiple PDFs from … …error message...) \book { \score { \new Staff << \va >> } \header {instrument = "Viola"} } To have some control about the naming …

…output-suffix "VI") \book { \score { \new Staff << \vI >> } \header {instrument = "Violino I"} } % The output will now be called *… …-Va-3.pdf #(define output-suffix "Va") \book { \header {instrument = "Viola"} \score { \new Staff << \va >> } } % The output will … …-VcB-4.pdf #(define output-suffix "VcB") \book { \header {instrument = "Violoncello e Basso"} \score { \new Staff << \vcb >> } } % The …

Transposing and naming instrument groups

…score (Beethoven's Coriolan overture), there are different instrument groups, and some of the instruments may be …

Specifying instrument changes as markups

…useful macro when you need to specify multiple instrument changes on a same staff. Just write \inst "…

Instrument name as staff lines

Instrument name as staff lines

Instrument name as staff lines (alternative)

Instrument name as staff lines (alternative)

…and then creating a \markup for each midi instrument definition. This is done by a markup-list function …

…a lambda function to the list (instrument-names-alist) of instrument definitions % That function simply creates a markup containing … …a simple string (the first % entry of the instrument definition is the name, thus the (car instr). % …