2007/8/26, Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi Kieren,
> I disagree, and there are many hand-engraved examples to back me up > -- for example, Stravinsky's Petrushka (Edition Russe de Musique, > 1912) clearly shows the Harp I part as two staves with brace (most of > the time) AND as a single staff (e.g., #29-#30), and the piano part > as two staves with brace (most of the time) AND as a single staff > (e.g., #27-#28). I have this edition too, and indeed at #27 the piano and celesta are reduced to one staff only (with a little brace on the left though, which LilyPond doesn't handle). But this seems to happen only when there is too much music too fit on the page: if you look at #97 or #120, only one hand is playing and however both staves are still printed. > Furthermore, as a composer (well, engraver), I *definitely* want the > option to do either! I agree with you, this should come as a choice. But as both a composer and a pianist, I *definitely* can't easily find the piano part on an orchestral score if there are no braces on the left :) > IMO, this should be a setting similar to connectArpeggios -- say, > keepAliveTogether -- where the default is ##t, but it can be set to > ##f as desired. I suppose this could also be extended (as an > interface) to ChoirStaff, StaffGroup, etc., for ultimate flexibility. Absolutely. If your sponsorship offer is still good, this is definitely a feature for which I'm ready to offer a bounty myself. Cheers, Valentin _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
