Re: making staves full of rests disappear in a full score

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Xavier Scheuer" <address@hidden>
To: "Frauke Jurgensen" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: making staves full of rests disappear in a full score


> On 28 December 2010 15:46, Frauke Jurgensen <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hello all!
> >
> > I have a large orchestral score, in which individual instruments at
> > times are resting for many pages. I would like these instruments to
> > disappear (those staves not to be shown) on systems where they have
> > nothing but rests.
> >
> > The only way I can think of to do this, is to create a new staff at
> > the point where the instrument appears, and to do so each time.
> >
> > Is there a less cumbersome way of doing this?
>
> Hi!
>
> Yes there is!
> See Notation Reference manual:
> NR 1.6.2 Modifying single staves > Hiding staves

[snip]

Also:

\layout {
 \context {
   \override VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t
 }
}

To get rid of empty staves on the first line.

--
Phil Holmes