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Coloring individual staff lines

Staff lines can be colored independently by overriding the … …x11-color and rgb-color) which are applied to each staff line in turn starting with the fifth line (for a standard staff), or each item in the list for custom …

…c' { % color all lines in a standard five-line staff \override Staff.StaffSymbol.stencil = #(color-staff-lines red green … …an individual line in a custom staff \override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-positions = #'(-4 0 4) \override Staff.StaffSymbol.stencil = #(color-staff-lines #f red) c1 }

Staff notation version-specific Tweaks and overrides

Adding an extra staff (2)

To add an extra staff after the start of a piece, you can … …wish to remove also the little part of staff at the beginning of the extra staff: => Use … …you want to keep the little beginning of staff, keep at least one #'transparent = ##t.

…new StaffGroup \relative c'' { c1 | c | c^"extra staff with staff beginning" << { 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 | …

Staff notation Contexts and engravers Simultaneous notes really simple

Placing rehearsal marks other than above the top staff

…rehearsal marks somewhere else than above the top staff is not possible by default. This is due to a malfunction in the Staff_collecting_engraver, see Issue 2199. This solution (courtesy … …rehearsal marks and may be inserted anywhere between staff and other lines. Remark from LSR-editor: Issue 2199 …

…b | d2 c2 | } baz = { R1*4 } \score { << \new Staff << \global \foo >> \new MarkLine \global \new Staff << \global \… …consists Mark_engraver \consists Metronome_mark_engraver \consists Staff_collecting_engraver \override RehearsalMark.extra-spacing-width = #'(0 . 1) \… …remove Mark_engraver \remove Metronome_mark_engraver \remove Staff_collecting_engraver \accepts MarkLine } } }

Staff notation Contexts and engravers workaround

Display bracket with only one staff in a system

If there is only one staff in one of the staff types ChoirStaff or … …value to be less than the number of staff lines in the staff. Note that in contexts such as PianoStaff and …

…Must be lower than the actual number of staff lines \override StaffGroup.SystemStartBracket.collapse-height = 4 \override Score.SystemStartBar.collapse-height = 4 \new Staff { c'1 } >> } \score { \new PianoStaff << \override PianoStaff.SystemStartBrace.collapse-height = 4 \override Score.SystemStartBar.collapse-height = 4 \new Staff { c'1 } >> } \paper { tagline = ##f }

Staff notation Tweaks and overrides docs

Staff containers

…this preliminary test of a modern score, the staff lines are washed out temporarily. This is done … …without printing lines either and creates a \new Staff then in order to create the lines again. (…

…we descend to the voice inside SA << \new Staff { c4 c4 } >> \skip 4 % s4 would create staff. << \… …engraver" \consists "Axis_group_engraver" \accepts "Staff" \defaultchild "Staff" \name StaffContainer } \context { \Staff \remove "Axis_group_engraver" \remove "Separating_line_group_…

Staff notation Editorial annotations Contemporary notation Contexts and engravers …

Customizing individual staff lines

…a near-exact copy of snippet #700 (Coloring individual staff lines). It allows you to provide separate functions for drawing each staff line. #f will draw the staff line normally.

…1 (* w 0.6) -1 w 0)))))) \new Staff { c'1 \stopStaff \override Staff.StaffSymbol.stencil = #(custom-staff-lines wavy-line wavy-line #f wavy-line wavy-line) \startStaff c'1 \stopStaff \revert Staff.StaffSymbol.stencil \startStaff c'1 }

Contemporary notation Staff notation

Adding an extra staff at a line break

When adding a new staff at a line break, some extra space is … …The workaround is to add a setting of Staff.explicitKeySignatureVisibility as is shown in the example.

…tagline = ##f } \score { \new StaffGroup \relative c'' { \new Staff \key f \major c1 c^"Unwanted extra space" \… …here" \break << { c1 | c } \new Staff { \once \set Staff.explicitKeySignatureVisibility = #end-of-line-invisible \key f \major \once \omit Staff.TimeSignature c1 | c } >> } }

Staff notation Breaks Contexts and engravers workaround docs

Dashed individual staff lines

You can customize a staff so that some (or all) of its lines … …following will replace the center line of the staff with a dashed line: \dashedStaffSymbolLines #'( #f #f …

…the width, the second the spacing " #{ \override Staff.StaffSymbol.after-line-breaking = #(lambda (grob) (let* ((staff-stencil (ly:grob-property … …#'(#f #t #f #t #f) } \music \new Staff \with { \override StaffSymbol.line-positions = #'(-4 0 4) \dashedStaffSymbolLines #'(#f #t #f) % make staff smaller: fontSize = #-3 \override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(magstep …

Staff notation Tweaks and overrides Scheme language Symbols and …

Using markup for a staff's instrumentName

The instrumentName property of a staff or a staff group can take arbitrary markup. For example, rather …

…di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=515 \new Staff = "Percussion" << %Use a markup as the instrumentName for the staff! \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup { \combine \translate #(cons -1.25 …

Staff notation Editorial annotations Percussion

Displaying bar numbers on a separate staff

…a more prominent measure counter in between of staff groups in large scores.

…a more prominent measure counter %% in between of staff groups in large scores. %% %% To use it, insert %% \… …PianoStaff \with { instrumentName = "Continuo" } << \new Staff \music \new Staff { \clef bass \music } >> \new Staff { \clef bass \music } >> \layout { \context { \Score \override NonMusicalPaperColumn.…

Staff notation Contexts and engravers Preparing parts