%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=707 % snippet starts here: \markup { Example 1 } \score { \new StaffGroup \relative c'' { c1 | c | c^"extra staff with staff beginning" << { c1 | c | \break c1^"new system with brackets" | c } \new Staff { \once \override Staff.TimeSignature.transparent = ##t \once \override Staff.Clef.transparent = ##t e1 | e | e | e } >> c1 | c | c | c } } \markup { Example 2 } \score { \new PianoStaff \relative c'' { c1 | c | c^"clean beginning of extra staff" << { c1 | c | \break c1^"new system with braces" | c } \new Staff { \once \override Staff.TimeSignature.stencil = ##f \once \override Staff.Clef.stencil = ##f e1 e e e } >> c1 | c | c | c } } \paper { tagline = ##f }