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6 lsrtags = "ancient-notation, template"
8 When transcribing mensural music, an incipit at the beginning of the
9 piece is useful to indicate the original key and tempo. While today
10 musicians are used to bar lines in order to faster recognize rhythmic
11 patterns, bar lines were not yet invented during the period of mensural
12 music; in fact, the meter often changed after every few notes. As a
13 compromise, bar lines are often printed between the staves rather than
18 \set Score.skipBars = ##t
21 \once \override Score.SystemStartBracket #'transparent = ##t
22 \override Score.SpacingSpanner #'spacing-increment = #1.0 % tight spacing
25 \once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'neomensural
26 \override Voice.NoteHead #'style = #'neomensural
27 \override Voice.Rest #'style = #'neomensural
28 \set Staff.printKeyCancellation = ##f
29 \cadenzaOn % turn off bar lines
31 \once \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f
33 \skip 1*1 % need this extra \skip such that clef change comes
38 \revert Score.SpacingSpanner #'spacing-increment % CHECK: no effect?
39 \cadenzaOff % turn bar lines on again
40 \once \override Staff.Clef #'full-size-change = ##t
41 \set Staff.forceClef = ##t
44 \override Voice.NoteHead #'style = #'default
45 \override Voice.Rest #'style = #'default
47 % FIXME: setting printKeyCancellation back to #t must not
48 % occur in the first bar after the incipit. Dto. for forceClef.
49 % Therefore, we need an extra \skip.
51 \set Staff.printKeyCancellation = ##t
52 \set Staff.forceClef = ##f
54 \skip 1*7 % the actual music
56 % let finis bar go through all staves
57 \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f
65 \set Staff.instrumentName = "Discantus "
68 \clef "neomensural-c1"
70 \skip 1*8 % eight bars
80 \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t c'1 |
85 discantusLyrics = \lyricmode {
101 \set Staff.instrumentName = "Altus "
104 \clef "neomensural-c3"
107 \skip 1*7 % seven bars
112 r2 g2. e4 fis g | % two bars
114 fis g4.( fis16 e fis4) |
116 \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t g1 |
121 altusLyrics = \lyricmode {
126 Ju -- bi -- la -- te | % two bars
135 \set Staff.instrumentName = "Tenor "
138 \clef "neomensural-c4"
151 r2 d'2. d'4 b e' | % two bars
152 \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t e'1 |
157 tenorLyrics = \lyricmode {
162 Ju -- bi -- la -- te | % two bars
169 \set Staff.instrumentName = "Bassus "
173 r\maxima % eight bars
184 \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t e1 |
189 bassusLyrics = \lyricmode {
200 \new StaffGroup = choirStaff <<
202 "discantusNotes" << \global \discantusNotes >>
204 "discantusLyrics" \lyricsto discantusNotes { \discantusLyrics }
206 "altusNotes" << \global \altusNotes >>
208 "altusLyrics" \lyricsto altusNotes { \altusLyrics }
210 "tenorNotes" << \global \tenorNotes >>
212 "tenorLyrics" \lyricsto tenorNotes { \tenorLyrics }
214 "bassusNotes" << \global \bassusNotes >>
216 "bassusLyrics" \lyricsto bassusNotes { \bassusLyrics }
223 \override BarLine #'transparent = ##t
225 % incipit should not start with a start delimiter
226 \remove "System_start_delimiter_engraver"
232 \override Slur #'transparent = ##t
234 % Comment in the below "\remove" command to allow line
235 % breaking also at those barlines where a note overlaps
236 % into the next bar. The command is commented out in this
237 % short example score, but especially for large scores, you
238 % will typically yield better line breaking and thus improve
239 % overall spacing if you comment in the following command.
240 %\remove "Forbid_line_break_engraver"