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6 lsrtags = "ancient-notation, template"
9 When transcribing mensural music, an incipit at the beginning of the
10 piece is useful to indicate the original key and tempo. While today
11 musicians are used to bar lines in order to faster recognize rhythmic
12 patterns, bar lines were not yet invented during the period of mensural
13 music; in fact, the meter often changed after every few notes. As a
14 compromise, bar lines are often printed between the staves rather than
18 doctitle = "Ancient notation template -- modern transcription of mensural music"
21 \set Score.skipBars = ##t
24 \once \override Score.SystemStartBracket #'transparent = ##t
25 \override Score.SpacingSpanner #'spacing-increment = #1.0 % tight spacing
28 \once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'neomensural
29 \override Voice.NoteHead #'style = #'neomensural
30 \override Voice.Rest #'style = #'neomensural
31 \set Staff.printKeyCancellation = ##f
32 \cadenzaOn % turn off bar lines
34 \once \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f
36 \skip 1*1 % need this extra \skip such that clef change comes
41 \revert Score.SpacingSpanner #'spacing-increment % CHECK: no effect?
42 \cadenzaOff % turn bar lines on again
43 \once \override Staff.Clef #'full-size-change = ##t
44 \set Staff.forceClef = ##t
47 \override Voice.NoteHead #'style = #'default
48 \override Voice.Rest #'style = #'default
50 % FIXME: setting printKeyCancellation back to #t must not
51 % occur in the first bar after the incipit. Dto. for forceClef.
52 % Therefore, we need an extra \skip.
54 \set Staff.printKeyCancellation = ##t
55 \set Staff.forceClef = ##f
57 \skip 1*7 % the actual music
59 % let finis bar go through all staves
60 \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f
68 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Discantus "
71 \clef "neomensural-c1"
73 \skip 1*8 % eight bars
83 \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t c'1 |
88 discantusLyrics = \lyricmode {
104 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Altus "
107 \clef "neomensural-c3"
110 \skip 1*7 % seven bars
115 r2 g2. e4 fis g | % two bars
117 fis g4.( fis16 e fis4) |
119 \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t g1 |
124 altusLyrics = \lyricmode {
129 Ju -- bi -- la -- te | % two bars
138 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Tenor "
141 \clef "neomensural-c4"
154 r2 d'2. d'4 b e' | % two bars
155 \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t e'1 |
160 tenorLyrics = \lyricmode {
165 Ju -- bi -- la -- te | % two bars
172 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Bassus "
176 r\maxima % eight bars
187 \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t e1 |
192 bassusLyrics = \lyricmode {
203 \new StaffGroup = choirStaff <<
205 "discantusNotes" << \global \discantusNotes >>
207 "discantusLyrics" \lyricsto discantusNotes { \discantusLyrics }
209 "altusNotes" << \global \altusNotes >>
211 "altusLyrics" \lyricsto altusNotes { \altusLyrics }
213 "tenorNotes" << \global \tenorNotes >>
215 "tenorLyrics" \lyricsto tenorNotes { \tenorLyrics }
217 "bassusNotes" << \global \bassusNotes >>
219 "bassusLyrics" \lyricsto bassusNotes { \bassusLyrics }
226 \override BarLine #'transparent = ##t
228 % incipit should not start with a start delimiter
229 \remove "System_start_delimiter_engraver"
235 \override Slur #'transparent = ##t
237 % Comment in the below "\remove" command to allow line
238 % breaking also at those barlines where a note overlaps
239 % into the next bar. The command is commented out in this
240 % short example score, but especially for large scores, you
241 % will typically yield better line breaking and thus improve
242 % overall spacing if you comment in the following command.
243 %\remove "Forbid_line_break_engraver"