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4 %% and then run scripts/auxiliar/makelsr.py
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10 lsrtags = "ancient-notation, real-music, really-cool, template"
13 When transcribing mensural music, an incipit at the beginning of the
14 piece is useful to indicate the original key and tempo. While today
15 musicians are used to bar lines in order to faster recognize rhythmic
16 patterns, bar lines were not yet invented during the period of mensural
17 music; in fact, the meter often changed after every few notes. As a
18 compromise, bar lines are often printed between the staves rather than
22 doctitle = "Ancient notation template -- modern transcription of mensural music"
26 \set Score.skipBars = ##t
29 \once \hide Score.SystemStartBracket
31 \override Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = #1.0
34 \once \override Staff.TimeSignature.style = #'neomensural
35 \override Voice.NoteHead.style = #'neomensural
36 \override Voice.Rest.style = #'neomensural
37 \set Staff.printKeyCancellation = ##f
38 \cadenzaOn % turn off bar lines
40 \once \override Staff.BarLine.transparent = ##f
42 \skip 1*1 % need this extra \skip such that clef change comes
47 \cadenzaOff % turn bar lines on again
48 \once \override Staff.Clef.full-size-change = ##t
49 \set Staff.forceClef = ##t
52 \override Voice.NoteHead.style = #'default
53 \override Voice.Rest.style = #'default
55 % Setting printKeyCancellation back to #t must not
56 % occur in the first bar after the incipit. Dto. for forceClef.
57 % Therefore, we need an extra \skip.
59 \set Staff.printKeyCancellation = ##t
60 \set Staff.forceClef = ##f
62 \skip 1*7 % the actual music
64 % let finis bar go through all staves
65 \override Staff.BarLine.transparent = ##f
73 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Discantus "
76 \clef "neomensural-c1"
78 \skip 1*8 % eight bars
88 \once \hide NoteHead c'1 |
93 discantusLyrics = \lyricmode {
109 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Altus "
112 \clef "neomensural-c3"
115 \skip 1*7 % seven bars
120 r2 g2. e4 fis g | % two bars
122 fis g4.( fis16 e fis4) |
124 \once \hide NoteHead g1 |
129 altusLyrics = \lyricmode {
134 Ju -- bi -- la -- te | % two bars
143 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Tenor "
146 \clef "neomensural-c4"
159 r2 d'2. d'4 b e' | % two bars
160 \once \hide NoteHead e'1 |
165 tenorLyrics = \lyricmode {
170 Ju -- bi -- la -- te | % two bars
177 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Bassus "
181 r\maxima % eight bars
192 \once \hide NoteHead e1 |
197 bassusLyrics = \lyricmode {
208 \new StaffGroup = choirStaff <<
210 "discantusNotes" << \global \discantusNotes >>
212 "discantusLyrics" \lyricsto discantusNotes { \discantusLyrics }
214 "altusNotes" << \global \altusNotes >>
216 "altusLyrics" \lyricsto altusNotes { \altusLyrics }
218 "tenorNotes" << \global \tenorNotes >>
220 "tenorLyrics" \lyricsto tenorNotes { \tenorLyrics }
222 "bassusNotes" << \global \bassusNotes >>
224 "bassusLyrics" \lyricsto bassusNotes { \bassusLyrics }
233 % incipit should not start with a start delimiter
234 \remove "System_start_delimiter_engraver"
242 % The command below can be commented out in
243 % short scores, but especially for large scores you
244 % will typically yield better line breaking and improve
245 % overall spacing if you do not comment the command out.
247 \remove "Forbid_line_break_engraver"