Re: Request - three line drum stave

[M Watts]

On 07/30/2009 08:34 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote:
> Dear Lillyponders,
>
> Some of my favourite drum books (Chapin, Pickering) use a three-line
> stave for their notation.
>
> I like it—it has a clean look, especially when writing for snare, hh,
> cymbal and bass.
>
> It is similar to the timbale stave currently available in Lillypond.
>
> Is someone able to advise me how to reproduce this, or simply to make one?

\score {
   \new DrumStaff \with {
      \override StaffSymbol #'line-count = #3
     % \override BarLine #'bar-size = #4
      }

Uncomment the `BarLine #'bar-size' line and play with the figure if you 
want the barlines to extend above and below the staff.