David, This is it! Thanks, I am so relieved there's an easy solution.
On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 7:45 AM David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > Brian Lenth <[email protected]> writes: > > > it should be part of a StaffGroup with the main Violin I staff (with a > > square bracket, barlines going through both staves, and, at the > > beginning of each system, an instrument name markup that is centered > > on the two staves). Then when the solo is over it should disappear, > > leaving only a single violin I staff with no bracket. This is all > > within a larger score containing other string section parts, possibly > > with their own temporary staves at the same time. > > > > I'm having trouble achieving this. The automatic behavior of a new > > staff is to go below, so from the Notation Manual I got > > "AlignAboveContext". This works when it's just a Staff, but doesn't do > > anything when it's a StaffGroup, which is what I need. > > What? The Staff should be part of a StaffGroup and should go above the > StaffGroup? That is nonsensical. You don't need that additional stuff > to go _above_ the StaffGroup that _contains_ it. You need it to go > above the _Staff_ that is there. > > To change your example accordingly: > > > > -- > David Kastrup >
