Re: smaller distance between first Staff and TimeSig

[Stefan Thomas]

Dear Kieren,
I've provided a new (musically senseless) example. What makes me wondering:
How it is possible, that the Metronome-mark is shown only in the
top-staff? I wish, this would be possible also with the ritardando
(which I don't need in the third Staff) and with the timesignature,
which unfortunately disappaers in the second system.
Is there a solution possible?

2009/3/20 Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden>:
> Hi Stefan,
>
>> Because I have too many bar changes in the score
>
> There is no limit to the number of bar changes in my method.
>
>> and too many other things in the Time-Sig, like ritarrdando, etc.
>
> Those should be in a global variable as MetronomeMark (or at least
> RehearsalMark), so that you can have them appear at the top of each system
> (but not every staff) automatically.
>
>> Or is it maybee possible too hide the Staff, but not too hide the
>> TimeSignature?
>
> Yes, although I don't think you need to do that (from what I've seen of your
> score so far).
>
>> I don't know, how to do it in the below quoted example:
>
> It's not clear to me why you have a separate Staff context without any notes
> in it -- perhaps you're trying to do this:
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%
> \version "2.12.1"
>
> \layout
> {
>        \context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext }
>        \context { \Score \override TimeSignature #'style = #'() }
>        \context { \Staff \override TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f }
> }
>
> noten = \relative
> {
>        c2 c4 d
>        e4 d e
>        f1 \break
>        d4 c d
>        e1
>        e4 f g a
>        g f e2
> }
>
> global =
> {
>        \repeat "unfold" 2 { \time 4/4 s1 \time 3/4 s2. }
>        \time 4/4 s1*3
> }
>
> \score
> {
>        \new Staff \with
>        {
>                \revert TimeSignature #'stencil
>                \override TimeSignature #'font-size = #3
>                \override TimeSignature #'X-extent = #'(0 . 0)
>                \override TimeSignature #'Y-offset = #6
>                \override TimeSignature #'break-align-symbol = #'staff-bar
>                \override TimeSignature #'X-offset: =
> #ly:self-alignment-interface::x-aligned-on-self
>                \override TimeSignature #'self-alignment-X = #CENTER
>                \override TimeSignature #'break-visibility =
> #end-of-line-invisible
>        }
>        << \global \noten  >>
> }
> %%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> Hope this helps!
> Kieren.
>