Re: Help with this lilypond error

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "peterwinson1" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:38 PM
Subject: Help with this lilypond error


> I am trying to typeset a hymn with a refrain at the bottom.  The music and
> the lyrics for the hymn is part of one staff.  The music and lyrics for 
> the
> refrain is on another staff.  However, when I go to create the second 
> staff
> Lilypond complains that there is a syntax error at the second \new Staff
> command.  Here is my Lilypond file.  Thank you for the help.

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If you read the section of the Notation Reference entitled "1.6.1 Displaying 
staves" and then go to "Grouping staves" you will see the staves are 
surrounded with <<  >>.  Try that.

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Phil Holmes