On Thursday, 4 February 1999, John Galbraith writes:
> The following fragment demonstrates a problem with StaffGroups:
>
> \score {
> \notes <
> \type Staff = staffa \relative c'' {c4 d e f}
> \type StaffGroup = group <
> \type Staff = staffb \relative c'' {c4 d e f}
> \type Staff = staffc \relative c'' {c4 d e f}
> >
> \type Staff = staffd \relative c'' {c4 d e f}
> >
> }
try:
\score {
\notes <
\type Staff = staffa \relative c'' {c4 d e f}
\type StaffGroup = group <
\type Staff = staffb \relative c'' {c4 d e f}
\type Staff = staffc \relative c'' {c4 d e f}
>
% \type Staff = staffd \relative c'' {c4 d e f}
\type StaffGroup = staffd \relative c'' {c4 d e f}
>
}
Although i don't understand why the last one-staff-staffgroup
doesn't get a bracket. Seems to be a bug; it used to work...
(However, if a bracked had appeared, like it ought to, i couldn't
have told you how to get rid of it...)
> This is supposed to have a 2 staff StaffGroup in the middle, and a
> loner Staff above and below the group. However, the StaffGroup seems
> to "adopt" the lower staff, such that you get the isolated staff on
> top (correct) and a StaffGroup of three staves (incorrect - should be
> two staves and a loner).
>
> This is a problem that may come up when one wants to make orchestral
> scores, as the percussion is often not grouped.
>
> John
>
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Jan.
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