Re: Instrument switching with a new staff - possible?

[SoundsFromSound]

Nathan:

Wow, that comes out amazingly in LilyPond when I render it - how did you
know how to do all that? Damn, I wish I could be that savvy :)

It's not *essential* that the line be centered, I was just trying to make
this as "neat" on the eyes as possible - it's absolutely FINE if it must
stay up in that RH area of the piano's grand staff.  

Thank you again!

May I ask one more thing of you?  Can you briefly explain the various parts
of the code you added, and touch upon what does what for the output?

Ben



Nathan wrote
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:47 PM, SoundsFromSound <

> soundsfromsound@

> > wrote:
> 
>> Good afternoon everyone,
>>
>> I was attempting to engrave this piece today and I've hit a bit of a
>> roadblock.
>>
>> Essentially what I'm supposed to do is have the piano break away from
>> it's
>> "normal" grand staff for many measures (15+).
>>
>> Then change to a percussion 1-line staff to notate the various percussion
>> instruments the performer must play as well.  Then return to standard
>> piano
>> notation.
>>
>> Is instrument switching possible in Lilypond, with a complete staff-type
>> change? I know you can add labels and change instruments, but I was
>> unsure
>> it a total staff change was possible, temporarily, in a score.
>> http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/notation/writing-parts.html
>>
>> I've done some experiments with instrument switching, but my code doesn't
>> seem to be working - only making things worse.
>>
>> Could anyone possibly point me in the right direction please?  Thank you
>> kindly!
>>
>> Note: I just used "dummy notes" in this example, for simplicity, so don't
>> worry much that the notes don't match :) That's not an issue.
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> My goal:
>> (something like this, but ideally the 1-line percussion part would be
>> centered in the grand staff, instead of up near the RH of the piano - but
>> that's flexible if need be)
>> <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n141635/Capture.png>
>>
>> My current code:
>>
>> \version "2.17.10"
>>
>> global = {
>>   \key c \major
>>   \numericTimeSignature
>>   \time 4/4
>>   \tempo "Slow"
>> }
>>
>> right = \relative c'' {
>>   \global
>>   c4 d e f | R1 | R1 | c4 f g f
>>
>> }
>>
>> left = \relative c' {
>>   \global
>>    c,4 d e f | R1 | R1 | c4 f g f
>>
>> }
>>
>> <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n141635/how_to_change.png>
>>
>>
> This code more or less reproduces the image.
> 
> If a line break happens during a percussion part, maybe use "\clef
> percussion" plus an override to hide the clef change -- that way a
> percussion clef shows up at the line break instead of a treble clef.
> 
> I have no idea how to put the percussion clef between the other two.
> 
> global = {
>   \key c \major
>   \numericTimeSignature
>   \time 4/4
>   \tempo "Slow"
> }
> 
> right = \relative c'' {
>   \global
>   c4 d e f | R1 | R1 | c4 f g f
>   \stopStaff
>   \once \override Staff.BarLine #'bar-extent = #'(-2 . 2)
>   \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'line-count = #1
>   \set squashedPosition = #0
>   \xNotesOn
>   \startStaff
>   c4 c4 c4 c4 | c4 c4 c4 c4 | c4 c4 c4 c4
>   \stopStaff
>   \revert Staff.StaffSymbol #'line-count
>   \unset squashedPosition
>   \xNotesOff
>   \startStaff
>   c4 d4 e4 f4 | g4 r4 r2
> }
> 
> left = \relative c' {
>   \global
>   c,4 d e f | R1 | R1 | c4 f g f
>   \stopStaff
>   s1*3
>   \startStaff
>   c4 d4 e4 f4 | g4 r4 r2
> }
> 
> \score {
>   \new PianoStaff <<
>     \new Staff \right
>     \new Staff { \clef bass \left }
>   >>
>   \layout {
>     \context {
>       \Voice
>       \consists "Pitch_squash_engraver"
>     }
>   }
> }
> 
> Regards,
> Nathan
> 
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