Re: Coloring Ledger Lines

[David Nalesnik]

David,

On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 2:00 PM, David B. Stocker <address@hidden> wrote:

Okay, David provided the answer to my last question about the spacing, I just had to figure it out.

It seems like a hack to my, but it achieves the result I'm after, so if no one has a more elegant suggestion, this is what I'm going with:

If you're just going to have a few changes, then there would be a need to create so many new StaffSymbols.  Why not:

\version "2.18.2"

\paper {

  indent = 0\in

  ragged-right = ##f

}

\score {

  \new Staff <<

    \relative c, {

      \clef "treble_8"

      \cadenzaOn

      \override Staff.NoteHead.color = #grey

      \override Staff.Stem.color = #grey

      \override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #grey

      e4 f g a b

      \stopStaff \startStaff

      \revert Staff.NoteHead.color

      \revert Staff.Stem.color

      \revert Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color

      c d e f g a b c

      \stopStaff \startStaff

      \override Staff.NoteHead.color = #grey

      \override Staff.Stem.color = #grey

      \override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner.color = #grey

      d e f g \bar "||"

    }

  >>

  \layout {

    \context {

      \Staff \remove Time_signature_engraver

    }

  }

}

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In other words, just remember to put

\stopStaff \startStaff

before every override of LedgerLineSpanner.

-DN