5.15.13 Formatting cue notes

The previous section deals with inserting notes from another voice. When making a part, these notes need to be specially formatted. Here is an example of formatted cue notes

smaller = {
  \set fontSize = #-2
  \override Stem  #'length = #5.5
  \override Beam  #'thickness = #0.384
  \override Beam  #'space-function =
    #(lambda (beam mult) (* 0.8 (Beam::space_function beam mult)))
}

{
  \set Staff.instrument = #"Horn in F"
  \set Score.skipBars = ##t
  R1*21
  << {
    \once \override Staff.MultiMeasureRest  #'staff-position = #-6
    R1
  }
  \new Voice {
    s2
    \clef tenor
    \smaller
    r8^"Bsn." c'8  f'8[ f'8]
    \clef treble
  }
  >>
  c'8^"Horn" cis'
  eis'4 fis'4
}

   

There are a couple of points to take care of:

• The multi rest of the original part should be moved up or down during the cue.
• Cue notes have smaller font sizes.
• When cued notes have a clef change relative to the original part, the clef should be restored after the cue section. This minimizes confusion for the reader,
• When the original part starts, this should be marked with the name of the instrument, in this case “Horn.” Of course, the cue part is marked with the instrument playing the cue.

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