Hey, Ken!
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 11:11 PM Kenneth Wolcott <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I need volta repeat brackets for a Trumpet+Piano "great big staff?".
>
> I see the section in the Notation Reference and a section in the
> Snippet Reference regarding volte multi-staff, but I'm confused when I
> already have a PianoStaff and I have a Trumpet above it. Do I use a
> GreatStaff surrounding a PianoStaff?
>
> I have attached the origin pdf, my Lilypond source and my engraving.
>
> Both pdf files have the same name, sorry about that. The larger one
> is the origin and the smaller one is my engraving.
>
Admittedly, I'm not 100% certain I understand what question you're asking
since it appears you're asking two different ones:
1. Do you need volta brackets above the trumpet staff and also above the
top piano staff? Definitely not. This would be less common in only a
three-staff score. If there were more, where the bracket is less visible,
then... maybe, but even with four staves in a single system, I'm not sure
I'd do more than have the volta bracket above the top-most one.
2. Do you need to wrap all the staves in another GrandStaff (or similar)?
Again, no. Your source file is structured fine the way it is. I think the
only thing you didn't *need* to do is explicitly say \new Voice within each
of the PianoStaff's Staff. You could just say:
\new PianoStaff \with { ... } <<
\new Staff <<
{ \voiceOne \rh_one }
{ \voiceTwo \rh_two }
>>
\new Staff <<
{ \lh } % I wouldn't explicitly use \voiceOne here at all since you
don't need the forced directionality it will cause
>>
>>
If those weren't what you're asking, then I apologize for not catching the
actual question(s).
HTH,
Abraham
