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Hiding staves with rests only (for some/all voices)

…a long time, you might want to hide staves containing nothing (or only multi-measure rests). By default, … …layout. The first system would still show all staves for all voices. To force this setting to … …you still want to display all (even empty) staves, you need to set the remove-empty property of …

…layout { \context { % add the RemoveEmptyStaffContext that erases rest-only staves \Staff \RemoveEmptyStaves } \context { \Score % Remove all-rest staves also in the first system \override VerticalAxisGroup.remove-first = … …sop \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = "S" >> % never remove empty staves from the alto staff: \context Staff=alto \with { \…

polyrhythmic staves

Polyrhythmic pieces (with different rhythms in different staves) are not processed propperly with default settings. The …

…g % if we want the BarLines of the Staves to be connected, we have to turn it …

Nesting staves

…takes an alphabetical list of the number of staves produced. Before each staff a system start delimiter … …be enclosed in brackets and takes as much staves as the brackets enclose. Elements in the list … …first bracket takes always the complete number of staves. The possibilities are SystemStartBar, SystemStartBracket, SystemStartBrace, and SystemStartSquare.

Staves based on a whole tone scale (or other …

…each adjacent note position (line or space). For staves based on other intervals simply change the number … …number of semitones in the interval you want. (Staves based on whole tone scales are used in …

Ossia staves with clefs and time signatures

Under Notation Reference > Staff notation > Modifying single staves (section 1.6.2) > Ossia staves, one technique is given in which a separate …

…whole GrandStaff system if only one of its staves is alive

…instruments are silent for a while and their staves can be removed for that time (with \removeEmptyStaves). … …again it is often preferred to show the staves of all instruments of such a group. This …

Crossing staves

…snippet demonstrates how to create various types of staves where their lines actually cross other staves.

Creating blank staves

To create blank staves, generate empty measures then remove the Bar_number_…

SATB Choir template (hymn template) two staves - one text for all voices

…layout setting (in the distance between text and staves).

Mensurstriche layout (bar lines between the staves)

Mensurstriche, bar lines between but not through staves, can be printed by setting measureBarType to "-span|" …