Re: Staff and voice definitions

[Mats Bengtsson]

Carl Sorensen wrote:
> My understanding is that a voice needs to be associated with a staff in order to
> get the notes printed in a staff.  However, the voice is not a sub-context of a
> staff, because the voice can be switched to be part of a different staff.
>   
At every moment, it is a sub-context of one Staff context. However, as 
you point out,
a Voice context can move from one Staff context to another Staff context.
> > Can I assume that the creation of a music which goes between the {} is
> > separate from the staff?
> >     
>
> If you don't explicitly create a voice, a voice context is automatically
> created, and associated with the current staff.
>   
See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-02/msg00206.html
with followups for a related discussion.

   /Mats