I've got a couple measures that I'm struggling to even figure out what I want the result from Lilypond to be. I've pasted the snippet below. As picky connoisseurs of good notation, I'm wondering what other people would do or like to see. :-) I'm leaning toward the second option but am uncertain.
As a bonus question on Lilypond itself -- what are the differences between
<< { g bf g a ... } { g, g g g } >>
and
<g g,> <bf g,> <g g,> <a g,>
in this context? Aside from the octave changes working relative to different notes, is there any difference? When should I prefer one to another?
Thanks again,
Evan
\language "english"
\relative c'' {
\key g \minor
\time 3/4
<<
{ s4^"The default, but melody 'lost' in the other visual noise" }
{ r4 g8[ bf g a] | bf4 a8 bf g bf | a([ g)] g bf g a | bf4 r2 }
{ s4 g,8 g g g | g4 g8 g g g | g g g g g g | g4 s2 }
>>
\break
\stemDown
<<
{ s4^"I like this more but is forcing the stems departing too much from standard practice?" }
{ r4 g'8[ bf g a] | bf4 a8 bf g bf | a([ g)] g bf g a | bf4 r2 }
{ s4 g,8 g g g | g4 g8 g g g | g g g g g g | g4 s2 }
>>
\break
\stemNeutral
\clef "tenor"
<<
{ s4^"This also works well but this is an area already with tons of clef changes and this adds two more"}
{ r4 g'8[ bf g a] | bf4 a8 bf g bf | a([ g)] g bf g a | bf4 r2 }
{ s4 g,8 g g g | g4 g8 g g g | g g g g g g | g4 s2 }
>>
\break
\clef "treble"
r4^"I don't like this but for completeness..."
<<
{ g'8[ bf g a] | bf4 a8 bf g bf | a([ g)] g bf g a | bf4 }
\\
{ g,8 g g g | g4 g8 g g g | g[ g] g g g g | g4 }
>> r2
}