Staff and voice definitions

[David Fedoruk]

Hello:

Using Lilypond keeps challenging assumptions I have made about WEM
(Western European Music) notation. In most cases, there is a voice
which goes with each staff, but I don't see that the creation of a
voice is  part of the staff engraver or any of the engravers that go
along with it.

Can I assume that the creation of a music which goes between the {} is
separate from the staff?

I have a more specific instance in mind but I want to understand the
process by which lilypond creates the staff, braces, and clefs before
I ask about a particular instance; and maybe work the instance out
myself.

A follow-up question is can a Piano staff which has two staffs which
work together, have only one { music } and still run between both
staves? A single voice played by two hands.

Cheers
David


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David Fedoruk
B.Mus. UBC,1986
Certificate in Internet Systems Administration, UBC, 2003


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