Brackets indicating “Hauptstimme” and “Nebenstimme” - Revision history

Lemzwerg at 12:08, 10 January 2026

2026-01-10T12:08:25Z

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	Brackets indicating ~~"Hauptstimme"~~ (main voice) and ~~"Nebenstimme"~~ (secondary voice) were first used by Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern. If you want to print them, use the following code. The brackets~~, defined with postcript, will~~ scale with customized staff-sizes, too.		Brackets indicating “Hauptstimme” (main voice) and “Nebenstimme” (secondary voice) were first used by Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern. If you want to print them, use the following code. The brackets scale with customized staff sizes, too.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%~~% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/~~LSR~~/Item?id=843~~		% LSR contributed by harm6 after an idea by Nathan
			% LSR see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-07/msg00036.html
	% contributed by harm6
	% after an idea by Nathan
	% see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-07/msg00036.html
	~~% thanks to Mark Knoop~~

	hauptStart = \markup {		hauptStart = \markup {
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	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

			[[Category:Editorial annotations]]
	[[Category:Expressive marks]]		[[Category:Expressive marks]]
	[[Category:~~Editorial annotations~~]]		[[Category:Specific notation]]
	[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]		[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
	~~[[Category:Specific notation]]~~
	~~[[Category:Workaround]]~~
	[[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg: Lemzwerg moved page Brackets indicating "Hauptstimme" and "Nebenstimme" to Brackets indicating “Hauptstimme” and “Nebenstimme” without leaving a redirect

2026-01-10T12:03:27Z

Lemzwerg moved page Brackets indicating "Hauptstimme" and "Nebenstimme" to Brackets indicating “Hauptstimme” and “Nebenstimme” without leaving a redirect

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Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:21:55Z

New category

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	[[Category:Workaround]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Workaround]]
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Lemzwerg at 22:48, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:48:35Z

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Rudi Guggt: ö

2025-11-19T08:47:45Z

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	Brackets indicating "Hauptstimme" and "Nebenstimme" were first used by Arnold ~~Schoenberg~~, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern. If you want to print them, use the following code. The brackets, defined with postcript, will scale with customized staff-sizes, too.		Brackets indicating "Hauptstimme" (main voice) and "Nebenstimme" (secondary voice) were first used by Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern. If you want to print them, use the following code. The brackets, defined with postcript, will scale with customized staff-sizes, too.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">

Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:47:11Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

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	Brackets indicating "Hauptstimme" and "Nebenstimme" were first used by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern. If you want to print them, use the following code. The brackets, defined with postcript, will scale with customized staff-sizes, too.		Brackets indicating "Hauptstimme" and "Nebenstimme" were first used by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern. If you want to print them, use the following code. The brackets, defined with postcript, will scale with customized staff-sizes, too.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=843		%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=843

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:49:07Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

Brackets indicating "Hauptstimme" and "Nebenstimme" were first used by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern. If you want to print them, use the following code. The brackets, defined with postcript, will scale with customized staff-sizes, too.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=843

% contributed by harm6
% after an idea by Nathan
% see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-07/msg00036.html
% thanks to Mark Knoop

hauptStart = \markup {
\path #0.25 #'((moveto 0 0)
(lineto 0 -2)
(moveto 0 -1)
(lineto 1 -1)
(moveto 1 0)
(lineto 1 -2)
(moveto 1 0)
(lineto 1.8 0))
}

nebenStart = \markup {
\path #0.25 #'((moveto 0 -2)
(lineto 0 0)
(lineto 1 -2)
(lineto 1 0)
(lineto 1.8 0))
}

stimmeEnd = \markup {
\path #0.25 #'((moveto 0 0)
(lineto 0.8 0)
(lineto 0.8 -0.8))
}

hauptstimmeStart =
#(define-music-function ()()
#{
\once \override TextSpanner.before-line-breaking =
#(lambda (grob)
(let* ((sz (ly:grob-property grob 'font-size 0.0))
(mult (magstep sz)))
(begin
(ly:grob-set-property! grob 'style 'none)
(ly:grob-set-nested-property! grob
'(bound-details left text)
(markup #:scale (cons mult mult) hauptStart))
(ly:grob-set-nested-property! grob
'(bound-details right text)
(markup #:scale (cons mult mult) stimmeEnd))
;;Perhaps you may want to uncomment the following lines
;;and adjust the value (currently -0.5)
;;(ly:grob-set-nested-property! grob
;; '(bound-details right padding) -0.5)
(ly:grob-set-nested-property! grob
'(bound-details left-broken text) #f)
(ly:grob-set-nested-property! grob
'(bound-details right-broken text) #f))))
$(make-music 'EventChord 'elements (list
(make-music
'TextSpanEvent
'span-direction -1)))
#})

nebenstimmeStart =
#(define-music-function ()()
#{
\once \override TextSpanner.before-line-breaking =
#(lambda (grob)
(let* ((sz (ly:grob-property grob 'font-size 0.0))
(mult (magstep sz)))
(begin
(ly:grob-set-property! grob 'style 'none)
(ly:grob-set-nested-property! grob
'(bound-details left text)
(markup #:scale (cons mult mult) nebenStart))
(ly:grob-set-nested-property! grob
'(bound-details right text)
(markup #:scale (cons mult mult) stimmeEnd))
;;Perhaps you may want to uncomment the following lines
;;and adjust the value (currently -0.5)
;;(ly:grob-set-nested-property! grob
;; '(bound-details right padding) -0.5)
(ly:grob-set-nested-property! grob
'(bound-details left-broken text) #f)
(ly:grob-set-nested-property! grob
'(bound-details right-broken text) #f))))
$(make-music 'EventChord 'elements (list
(make-music
'TextSpanEvent
'span-direction -1)))
#})

hauptstimmeEnd = \stopTextSpan
nebenStimmeEnd = \stopTextSpan

%------ test

mI = \relative c' {
\hauptstimmeStart
c4 cis d dis
e f fis g\hauptstimmeEnd
c2 c
\nebenstimmeStart
c,4 d e f
g e c2\nebenStimmeEnd
}

mII = \relative c' {
\hauptstimmeStart
c4 cis d dis
e f fis g\hauptstimmeEnd
c2 c
\nebenstimmeStart
c,4 d e f
g e c2\nebenStimmeEnd
}

\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff \with {
fontSize = #-5
\override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(magstep -5)
\override StaffSymbol.thickness = #(magstep -5)
}
\mI

\new Staff
\mII
>>
</lilypond>

[[Category:Expressive marks]]
[[Category:Editorial annotations]]
[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
[[Category:Specific notation]]
[[Category:Workaround]]