Re: Extra staff in lilypond 2.14.2

[David Kastrup]

"D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <address@hidden> writes:

> I upgraded Lilypond and found a weird change.  The input is below this
> message.  On 2.12.3 it displays a single bass staff as I would expect.
> On 2.14.2 it adds an extra, empty staff above with a treble clef and
> the time signature but no lines or key.  This happens in all my LP
> files.  Can someone tell me how to get rid of this?  I have attached
> pictures of the output.


> themusic = {
>   <<
>     \tempo 4 = 160
>     \new Staff {
>       \set Staff.midiInstrument = "acoustic bass"
>       \Common
>       \clef "bass_8"
>       \relative c, { \time 3/4 a4. b8 c d e d c b4. a8 b c d c b a2. }
>     }
>   >>
> }

Tempo needs a staff to put the tempo information into.  I don't see why
you are using parallel music here in the first place.

Write

themusic = \new Staff { \tempo ...

instead.


-- 
David Kastrup