Re: Q: Typesetting 4 parts with a 2 staff reduction

[Mats Bengtsson]

address@hidden said:
> >  staff version, since this is a choral fugue, I need to use slurs to
> >  indicate melismas, but I want no slurs on the piano version, unless
> >  of course I'm extending a note past a bar.
> 
>      \context Staff=up < clef G; \property Staff.Slur \override
> #'transparent = ##t

> thanks.  that works great.  there may be some times that i need
> non-lyric-related slurs in the piano part, though.  like if i want to
> note something like: ds2( )ds8 b cs d within a measure.  i think i'll
> need to get Mats suggestion working for this type of hackery. 

An alternative would be to use, so called, phrasing slurs \(...\) 
for one purpose and ordinary slurs (...) for the other. Then you 
could set transparent on either PhrasingSlur or Slur.

      /Mats