Re: question about multiple choir staff's in one system

[Trevor Daniels]

Hi

You have correctly used << .. >> round the staves within each ChoirStaff,
but you have not placed << ..  >> round the several ChoirStaves.  You get
errors in the first attempt as LilyPond does not permit sequential 
ChoirStaves.

The second attempt works because everything is now simultaneous - the
second ChoirStaff is within the << .. >> construct of the first, etc.

However, a more logical arrangement is to make the several
ChoirStaves simultaneous using the << .. >> construct around
all of them, as follows:

\score {
 <<  %  This is the simultaneous construct you missed
   \new ChoirStaff <<
     \staffSoprano
     \staffAlto
     \staffTenor
     \staffBass
   >>
   \new ChoirStaff <<
     \staffSopranoII
     \staffAltoII
     \staffTenorII
     \staffBassII
   >>
   \new ChoirStaff <<
     \staffSopranoIII
     \staffAltoIII
     \staffTenorIII
     \staffBassIII
   >>
 >>
}


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yvan Vander Sanden" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 9:12 PM
Subject: question about multiple choir staff's in one system


> Hi,
>
> i am new at using Lilypond and using jEdit with the lilypondtool to start
> working on a score. Basicly things are working very good, but I am trying 
> to
> work out brackets and braces. I first tried something like this, but that
> does not work:
>
> \score {
> \new ChoirStaff <<
>  \staffSoprano
>  \staffAlto
>  \staffTenor
>  \staffBass
> >>
> \new ChoirStaff <<
>  \staffSopranoII
>  \staffAltoII
>  \staffTenorII
>  \staffBassII
> >>
> \new ChoirStaff <<
>  \staffSopranoIII
>  \staffAltoIII
>  \staffTenorIII
>  \staffBassIII
> >>
> }
>
> But, In the end I just tried to nest them, because everything else failed,
> like this:
>
>
> \score {
> \new ChoirStaff <<
>  \staffSoprano
>  \staffAlto
>  \staffTenor
>  \staffBass
>  \new ChoirStaff <<
>    \staffSopranoII
>    \staffAltoII
>    \staffTenorII
>    \staffBassII
>    \new ChoirStaff <<
>      \staffSopranoIII
>      \staffAltoIII
>      \staffTenorIII
>      \staffBassIII
>   >>
>  >>
> >>
> }
>
> And yes, it worked... but I don't understand why this is correct. The 
> other
> way seems much more logical. Since i always learn much faster if I know 
> WHY
> something has to be done in a particular way, I'd love it if someone can
> explain this to me.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> yvan vander sanden


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