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Hoofdstuk 4: Tweaking output 138
(string?)
#{ ^\markup \bold \box #string #})
\relative c'' {
\tempo 4=50
a4.\mpdolce d8 cis4--\glissando a |
b4 bes a2 |
\inst "Clarinet"
cis4.\< d8 e4 fis |
g8(\! fis)-. e( d)-. cis2 |
}
mp dolce
= 50
Clarinet
Let’s do something about the mpdolce and inst definitions. They produce the output we
desire, but we might want to use them in another piece. We could simply copy-and-paste them
at the top of every file, but that’s an annoyance. It also leaves those definitions in our input
files, and I personally find all the #() somewhat ugly. Let’s hide them in another file:
%%% save this to a file called "definitions.ily"
mpdolce =
#(make-dynamic-script
#{ \markup { \hspace #0
\translate #'(5 . 0)
\line { \dynamic "mp"
\text \italic "dolce" } }
#})
inst =
#(define-music-function
(parser location string)
(string?)
#{ ^\markup \bold \box #string #})
We will refer to this file using the \include command near the top of the music file. (The
extension ‘.ily’ is used to distinguish this included file, which is not meant to be compiled on
its own, from the main file.) Now let’s modify our music (let’s save this file as ‘music.ly’).
\include "definitions.ily"
\relative c'' {
\tempo 4=50
a4.\mpdolce d8 cis4--\glissando a |
b4 bes a2 |
\inst "Clarinet"
cis4.\< d8 e4 fis |
g8(\! fis)-. e( d)-. cis2 |
}