Re: Context creation

[Valentin Villenave]

2008/6/1 James E. Bailey <address@hidden>:

> How coincidental. I've been wondering myself about the difference between
> \new and \context. I kinda just use them interchangably and see if anything
> new happens.

The only difference AFAIK is that \context allows you to tap into an
existing context:

\new Staff = "coolStaff" " { (your music here) }

and then later:

\context Staff = "coolStaff" % look! the same context!
                                   { (your other music here) }


Cheers,
Valentin