Re: Instrument switching with a new staff - possible?

[SoundsFromSound]

Eluze:

Oh wow, you got it centered too?? You guys are too smart here :) Thank you
thank you - how exactly did you do that?  Drum mode?


Eluze wrote
> 
> 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
> just a basic start:
> 
> right = \relative c'' {
>   \global
>   c4 d e f |
>   \stopStaff
>   \override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-positions = #'(-8)
>   \override NoteHead.style = #'cross
>   \startStaff
>   \repeat unfold 3 \relative {a4 a a a } | %% you can probably also change
> to drummode here
>   \stopStaff
>   \revert Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count
>   \revert Staff.StaffSymbol.line-positions
>   \revert NoteHead.style
>   \startStaff
>   \notemode {
>     c4 f g f
>   }
> }
> 
> left = \relative c' {
>   \global
>   \clef bass
>   c,4 d e f |
>   \stopStaff
>   s1 | s1 | s1 |
>   \startStaff
>   c4 f g f
> }
> \new PianoStaff <<
>   \right
>   \left
>>>
> 
> does this help?
> if you figure out a a good way to accomplish what you describe above could
> you publish the final solution!?
> 
> thanks
> Eluze





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