Re: staff groups.....deletable?

[Trevor Daniels]

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Limao Luo wrote Sunday, August 30, 2009 11:51 PM


> I have a piece in which I have combined the violin 1 and violin 2 
> parts because
> the notes in the first thirty or so measures are the same; 
> however, when I try
> to use the \new StaffGroup command to separate the notes into two 
> different
> staves, I find that there are three staves all in a column; 
> however, I want to
> be able to get rid of the staff they were originally combined on 
> in the first
> thirty measures. Is this at all possible?
>
>
> The excerpt of code I used that produced this unwanted bug is as 
> follows:
>
>
> {
> \time 7/8 d8-> (cis) b a-> (b) fis-> (g)
> \new StaffGroup << \new Staff { \time 3/8 a4 e'8}  \new Staff { a 
> (a,) e'} >>
> }

Here's one way.  You will need to insert a \break
where the two staves begin.  See section 1.6.2 in
the Notation Reference for details.

\layout {
 \context {
   \RemoveEmptyStaffContext
   \override VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t
 }
}
{
 \new Staff {
   \time 7/8
   d8-> (cis) b a-> (b) fis-> (g)
   \break
 }
 \new StaffGroup <<
   \new staff {
     \time 3/8
     a4 e'8
   }
   \new Staff {
     a8 (a,) e'
   }
 >>
}

Trevor