On Feb 19, 2008 12:44 AM, Marcus Macauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In Lilypond 2.10.33, I want to have four staves per system, connected by a
> piano-style brace, with exactly enough space for two ledger lines between
> the
> upper two staves, one ledger line between the middle two staves, and two
> ledger
> lines between the lower two staves. (Measured from center line to center
> line,
> that works out to 7, 6, and 7 staff spaces, respectively.)
>
> I tried the various methods described in section 11.4 of the manual (with
> and
> without PianoStaff), but I couldn't get the staves tight enough. (There
> are
> some notes which are supposed to overlap or collide with the staves above/
> below.) It seems the only option left is "11.4.4 Explicit staff and system
> positioning", but I don't want to specify the position of each new system,
> just
> the amount of space between the staves within a system -- and this spacing
> should apply to every system throughout the score.
>
> Any suggestions?
Hi Marcus,
You can set #'line-break-system-details alignment-offsets independently and
score-globally.
For example:
%%% BEGIN %%%
\version "2.11.34"
\layout {
\context {
\Score
\override NonMusicalPaperColumn
#'line-break-system-details = #'((alignment-offsets . (0 -6 -12 -18)))
}
}
\new GrandStaff <<
\new Staff { \repeat unfold 128 f'8 }
\new Staff { \repeat unfold 128 f'8 }
\new Staff { \repeat unfold 128 f'8 }
\new Staff { \repeat unfold 128 f'8 }
>>
%%% END %%%
This will force 6 staffspaces of vertical distance between the center
stafflines of staves of all four staves. Collisions and even overprint are
possible here, which sounds like exactly what you'll need for the type of
conglomerate staff you're assembling.
Let me know if this is the sorta thing you're looking for. I neglected to
add this fact -- that alignment-offsets is globally settable, and also that
the various #'line-break-system-details settings can all set independently
of one another -- to 11.4.4 "Explicit staff and system positioning"; if this
is what your project needs then I'll add a section to either 11.4.4 or the
LSR, as Graham specifies.
Trevor.
--
Trevor Bača
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