Hello! I am trying to solve what is probably a simple problem.
I would like to take a single line of music (or two) and explode it to a set of instruments that each only play 1 or 2 pitches. The rhythmic position of each note needs to be preserved, so for example:
q c4 d4 e4 f4
exploded to four instruments that play [c4, d4, e4, f4]
gives me four staves:
q c4 -q -q -q
-q q d4 -q -q
-q -q e4 -q
-q -q -q f4
This is like a handbell choir. I need to be able to specify how many instruments and what pitches each of them are responsible for. I would love to be able to go the other way too, and implode to a single staff.
Any ideas about how to approach this?
Thanks!
Elliot