When transcribing mensural music, an incipit at the beginning of the piece is useful to indicate the original key and tempo. While today musicians are used to bar lines in order to faster recognize rhythmic patterns, bar lines where not yet invented during the period of mensural music; in fact, the meter often changed after every few notes. As a compromise, bar lines are often printed between the staves rather than on the staves.
\version "2.4.0" global = { % incipit \once \override Score.SystemStartBracket #'transparent = ##t \key f \major \time 2/2 \once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'neomensural \override Voice.NoteHead #'style = #'neomensural \override Voice.Rest #'style = #'neomensural \set Staff.printKeyCancellation = ##f \cadenzaOn % turn off bar lines \skip 1*10 \once \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f \bar "||" \skip 1*1 % need this extra \skip such that clef change comes % after bar line \bar "" % main \cadenzaOff % turn bar lines on again \once \override Staff.Clef #'full-size-change = ##t \set Staff.forceClef = ##t \key g \major \time 4/4 \override Voice.NoteHead #'style = #'default \override Voice.Rest #'style = #'default % FIXME: setting printKeyCancellation back to #t must not % occur in the first bar after the incipit. Dto. for forceClef. % Therefore, we need an extra \skip. \skip 1*1 \set Staff.printKeyCancellation = ##t \set Staff.forceClef = ##f \skip 1*5 % last bar contains a brevis (i.e., spans 2 bars); % therefore do not draw this particular bar \cadenzaOn \skip 1*2 \cadenzaOff % let finis bar go through all staves \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f % finis bar \bar "|." } discantusNotes = { \transpose c' c'' { \set Staff.instrument = "Discantus " % incipit \clef "neomensural-c1" c'1. s2 % two bars \skip 1*8 % eight bars \skip 1*1 % one bar % main \clef "treble" d'2. d'4 | b e' d'2 | c'4 e'4.( d'8 c' b | a4) b a2 | b4.( c'8 d'4) c'4 | \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t c'1 | b\breve | } } discantusLyrics = \lyricmode { % incipit IV- % main Ju -- bi -- | la -- te De -- | o, om -- nis ter -- | ra, __ om- | "..." | -us. | } altusNotes = { \transpose c' c'' { \set Staff.instrument = "Altus " % incipit \clef "neomensural-c3" r1 % one bar f1. s2 % two bars \skip 1*7 % seven bars \skip 1*1 % one bar % main \clef "treble" r2 g2. e4 fis g | % two bars a2 g4 e | fis g4.( fis16 e fis4) | g1 | \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t g1 | g\breve | } } altusLyrics = \lyricmode { % incipit IV- % main Ju -- bi -- la -- te | % two bars De -- o, om -- | nis ter -- ra, | "..." | -us. | } tenorNotes = { \transpose c' c' { \set Staff.instrument = "Tenor " % incipit \clef "neomensural-c4" r\longa % four bars r\breve % two bars r1 % one bar c'1. s2 % two bars \skip 1*1 % one bar \skip 1*1 % one bar % main \clef "treble_8" R1 | R1 | R1 | r2 d'2. d'4 b e' | % two bars \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t e'1 | d'\breve | } } tenorLyrics = \lyricmode { % incipit IV- % main Ju -- bi -- la -- te | % two bars "..." | -us. | } bassusNotes = { \transpose c' c' { \set Staff.instrument = "Bassus " % incipit \clef "bass" r\maxima % eight bars f1. s2 % two bars \skip 1*1 % one bar % main \clef "bass" R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | g2. e4 | \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t e1 | g\breve | } } bassusLyrics = \lyricmode { % incipit IV- % main Ju -- bi- | "..." | -us. | } \score { \context StaffGroup = choirStaff << \context Voice = discantusNotes << \global \discantusNotes >> \context Lyrics = discantusLyrics \lyricsto discantusNotes { \discantusLyrics } \context Voice = altusNotes << \global \altusNotes >> \context Lyrics = altusLyrics \lyricsto altusNotes { \altusLyrics } \context Voice = tenorNotes << \global \tenorNotes >> \context Lyrics = tenorLyrics \lyricsto tenorNotes { \tenorLyrics } \context Voice = bassusNotes << \global \bassusNotes >> \context Lyrics = bassusLyrics \lyricsto bassusNotes { \bassusLyrics } >> \layout { \context { \Score \override BarLine #'transparent = ##t \remove "System_start_delimiter_engraver" } \context { \Voice \override Slur #'transparent = ##t } } }
This page is for LilyPond-2.5.11 (development-branch).