Vocal ensemble template with automatic piano reduction - Revision history

Lemzwerg at 06:26, 13 December 2025

2025-12-13T06:26:45Z

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	This template adds an automatic piano reduction to the standard SATB vocal score demonstrated in ~~“Vocal~~ ensemble ~~template”~~. ~~This~~ demonstrates one of the strengths of LilyPond – you can use a music definition more than once. If any changes are made to the vocal notes (say, <code>tenorMusic</code>), then the changes ~~will~~ also apply to the piano reduction.		This template adds an automatic piano reduction to the standard SATB vocal score demonstrated in snippet [[Vocal ensemble template]]. It demonstrates one of the strengths of LilyPond – you can use a music definition more than once. If any changes are made to the vocal notes (say, <code>tenorMusic</code>), then the changes also apply to the piano reduction.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">
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	>>		>>
	\new Lyrics = "altos"		\new Lyrics = "altos"

	\new Lyrics = "tenors" \with {		\new Lyrics = "tenors" \with {
	% This is needed for lyrics above a staff		% This is needed for lyrics above a staff
	\override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity = #DOWN		\override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity = #DOWN
	}		}

	\new Staff = "men" <<		\new Staff = "men" <<
	\clef bass		\clef bass
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	>>		>>
	\new Lyrics = "basses"		\new Lyrics = "basses"

	\context Lyrics = "sopranos" \lyricsto "sopranos" \sopWords		\context Lyrics = "sopranos" \lyricsto "sopranos" \sopWords
	\context Lyrics = "altos" \lyricsto "altos" \altoWords		\context Lyrics = "altos" \lyricsto "altos" \altoWords
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	\context Lyrics = "basses" \lyricsto "basses" \bassWords		\context Lyrics = "basses" \lyricsto "basses" \bassWords
	>>		>>

	\new PianoStaff <<		\new PianoStaff <<
	\new Staff <<		\new Staff <<
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	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

			[[Category:Automatic notation]]
			[[Category:Keyboards]]
	[[Category:Template]]		[[Category:Template]]
	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	~~[[Category:Keyboards]]~~
	~~[[Category:Automatic notation]]~~
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
	[[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:19:19Z

New category

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	[[Category:Keyboards]]		[[Category:Keyboards]]
	[[Category:Automatic notation]]		[[Category:Automatic notation]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
			[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 23:03, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T23:03:04Z

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	[[Category:Keyboards]]		[[Category:Keyboards]]
	[[Category:Automatic notation]]		[[Category:Automatic notation]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]

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

2025-11-16T18:54:58Z

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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	This template adds an automatic piano reduction to the standard SATB vocal score demonstrated in “Vocal ensemble template”. This demonstrates one of the strengths of LilyPond – you can use a music definition more than once. If any changes are made to the vocal notes (say, <code>tenorMusic</code>), then the changes will also apply to the piano reduction.		This template adds an automatic piano reduction to the standard SATB vocal score demonstrated in “Vocal ensemble template”. This demonstrates one of the strengths of LilyPond – you can use a music definition more than once. If any changes are made to the vocal notes (say, <code>tenorMusic</code>), then the changes will also apply to the piano reduction.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	\paper {		\paper {
	top-system-spacing.basic-distance = 10		top-system-spacing.basic-distance = 10

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:40:38Z

Import snippet from LSR

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This template adds an automatic piano reduction to the standard SATB vocal score demonstrated in “Vocal ensemble template”. This demonstrates one of the strengths of LilyPond – you can use a music definition more than once. If any changes are made to the vocal notes (say, <code>tenorMusic</code>), then the changes will also apply to the piano reduction.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
\paper {
top-system-spacing.basic-distance = 10
score-system-spacing.basic-distance = 20
system-system-spacing.basic-distance = 20
last-bottom-spacing.basic-distance = 10
}

global = {
\key c \major
\time 4/4
}

sopMusic = \relative {
c''4 c c8[( b)] c4
}
sopWords = \lyricmode {
hi hi hi hi
}

altoMusic = \relative {
e'4 f d e
}
altoWords =\lyricmode {
ha ha ha ha
}

tenorMusic = \relative {
g4 a f g
}
tenorWords = \lyricmode {
hu hu hu hu
}

bassMusic = \relative {
c4 c g c
}
bassWords = \lyricmode {
ho ho ho ho
}

\score {
<<
\new ChoirStaff <<
\new Lyrics = "sopranos" \with {
% This is needed for lyrics above a staff
\override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity = #DOWN
}
\new Staff = "women" <<
\new Voice = "sopranos" { \voiceOne << \global \sopMusic >> }
\new Voice = "altos" { \voiceTwo << \global \altoMusic >> }
>>
\new Lyrics = "altos"
\new Lyrics = "tenors" \with {
% This is needed for lyrics above a staff
\override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity = #DOWN
}

\new Staff = "men" <<
\clef bass
\new Voice = "tenors" { \voiceOne << \global \tenorMusic >> }
\new Voice = "basses" { \voiceTwo << \global \bassMusic >> }
>>
\new Lyrics = "basses"
\context Lyrics = "sopranos" \lyricsto "sopranos" \sopWords
\context Lyrics = "altos" \lyricsto "altos" \altoWords
\context Lyrics = "tenors" \lyricsto "tenors" \tenorWords
\context Lyrics = "basses" \lyricsto "basses" \bassWords
>>
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff <<
\set Staff.printPartCombineTexts = ##f
\partCombine
<< \global \sopMusic >>
<< \global \altoMusic >>
>>
\new Staff <<
\clef bass
\set Staff.printPartCombineTexts = ##f
\partCombine
<< \global \tenorMusic >>
<< \global \bassMusic >>
>>
>>
>>
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Template]]
[[Category:Vocal music]]
[[Category:Keyboards]]
[[Category:Automatic notation]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]