Re: \RemoveAllEmptyStaves and Dyanmics context line for piano pedals

2018-02-10 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Torsten, Thanks so much for this supremely clear explanation. It's quite subtle really, isn't it? A big help. Probably this context does not come up often for people - my piano scores flutter between, one, two, three, and four staves in a quite complex manner. Scriabin too, but he does not go

Re: \RemoveAllEmptyStaves and Dyanmics context line for piano pedals

2018-02-10 Thread Torsten Hämmerle
Hi Andrew, The difference between \RemoveEmptyStaves and \RemoveAllEmptyStaves is that \RemoveEmptyStaves will not remove empty staves in the first system, the reason for it being that in orchestral scores it is common to display all instruments involved in the first system - no matter if they

\RemoveAllEmptyStaves and Dyanmics context line for piano pedals

2018-02-09 Thread Andrew Bernard
I have a piano score which uses \RemoveAllEmpyStaves to remove staves where there is only activity in one staff. This works very nicely of course. I generally use a Dynamics context for pedalling, using sustain on and off events attached to spacer rests. This works perfectly of course also. Bu