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 3.4.1 Soprano and cello
 -----------------------
 
 Start off with the template that seems closest to what you want to end
 up with.  Let’s say that you want to write something for soprano and
 cello.  In this case, we would start with the ‘Notes and lyrics’
 template (for the soprano part).
 
      \version "2.18.2"
 
      melody = \relative c' {
        \clef "treble"
        \key c \major
        \time 4/4
        a4 b c d
      }
 
      text = \lyricmode {
        Aaa Bee Cee Dee
      }
 
      \score {
        <<
          \new Voice = "one" {
            \autoBeamOff
            \melody
          }
          \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text
        >>
        \layout { }
        \midi { }
      }
 
    Now we want to add a cello part.  Let’s look at the ‘Notes only’
 example:
 
      \version "2.18.2"
 
      melody = \relative c' {
        \clef "treble"
        \key c \major
        \time 4/4
        a4 b c d
      }
 
      \score {
        \new Staff \melody
        \layout { }
        \midi { }
      }
 
    We don’t need two ‘\version’ commands.  We’ll need the ‘melody’
 section.  We don’t want two ‘\score’ sections – if we had two ‘\score’s,
 we’d get the two parts separately.  We want them together, as a duet.
 Within the ‘\score’ section, we don’t need two ‘\layout’ or ‘\midi’.
 
    If we simply cut and paste the ‘melody’ section, we would end up with
 two ‘melody’ definitions.  This would not generate an error, but the
 second one would be used for both melodies.  So let’s rename them to
 make them distinct.  We’ll call the section for the soprano
 ‘sopranoMusic’ and the section for the cello ‘celloMusic’.  While we’re
 doing this, let’s rename ‘text’ to be ‘sopranoLyrics’.  Remember to
 rename both instances of all these names – both the initial definition
 (the ‘melody = \relative c' { ’ part) and the name’s use (in the
 ‘\score’ section).
 
    While we’re doing this, let’s change the cello part’s staff – celli
 normally use bass clef.  We’ll also give the cello some different notes.
 
      \version "2.18.2"
 
      sopranoMusic = \relative c' {
        \clef "treble"
        \key c \major
        \time 4/4
        a4 b c d
      }
 
      sopranoLyrics = \lyricmode {
        Aaa Bee Cee Dee
      }
 
      celloMusic = \relative c {
        \clef "bass"
        \key c \major
        \time 4/4
        d4 g fis8 e d4
      }
 
      \score {
        <<
          \new Voice = "one" {
            \autoBeamOff
            \sopranoMusic
          }
          \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \sopranoLyrics
        >>
        \layout { }
        \midi { }
      }
 
    This is looking promising, but the cello part won’t appear in the
 score – we haven’t used it in the ‘\score’ section.  If we want the
 cello part to appear under the soprano part, we need to add
 
      \new Staff \celloMusic
 
 underneath the soprano stuff.  We also need to add ‘<<’ and ‘>>’ around
 the music – that tells LilyPond that there’s more than one thing (in
 this case, two ‘Staves’) happening at once.  The ‘\score’ looks like
 this now:
 
      \score {
        <<
        <<
          \new Voice = "one" {
            \autoBeamOff
            \sopranoMusic
          }
          \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \sopranoLyrics
        >>
        \new Staff \celloMusic
        >>
        \layout { }
        \midi { }
      }
 
 This looks a bit messy; the indentation is messed up now.  That is
 easily fixed.  Here’s the complete soprano and cello template.
 
           \version "2.18.2"
      sopranoMusic = \relative c' {
        \clef "treble"
        \key c \major
        \time 4/4
        a4 b c d
      }
      
      sopranoLyrics = \lyricmode {
        Aaa Bee Cee Dee
      }
      
      celloMusic = \relative c {
        \clef "bass"
        \key c \major
        \time 4/4
        d4 g fis8 e d4
      }
      
      \score {
        <<
          <<
            \new Voice = "one" {
              \autoBeamOff
              \sopranoMusic
            }
            \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \sopranoLyrics
          >>
          \new Staff \celloMusic
        >>
        \layout { }
        \midi { }
      }
      [image src="" alt="[image of music]" text="image of music"]
 
 
 See also
 ........
 
    The starting templates can be found in the ‘Templates’ appendix, see
 Single staff templates.
 

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