John Howell asked:Why do you want to do this?
in larger percussion setups it's quite useful to differentiate between instruments, or instruments types, especially when they change often during the piece. generally, i only use 5-line staves in the percussion section for pitched instruments (and drumset), so there is an immediate visual cues that something changes when different staffline formats are used within the same instrument, or across a number of instruments notated on different staves.
check out pp2-3 of the following example: http://newmusicnotation.com -> examples -> spahlinger
OK, that all makes very good sense. I use 1-line staves for percussion myself, when it seems appropriate. The example is very helpful (and very beautifully done!).
John
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