I was browsing through some online engraving tutorials (featured on sibeliusblog.com some years ago) and I couldn't seem to figure out how to do this one:
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Here's the basic idea: The Woodwind group hypothetically doesn't start playing until measure four, so I don't want their staves to appear until then. How do I make the upper StaffGroup show the SystemStartBracket and initial clefs like normal when they start in the middle of a system? I think it's okay to ignore the Oboe and Clarinet staves for this exercise.
Here's a starting point for anyone interested in taking this challenge, which gives you the top image (without the Oboe and Clarinet staves, of course:
\version "2.18.2"
fluteMusic = {
\clef treble
R1*8
}
bassoonMusic = {
\clef bass
R1*8
}
violinIMusic = {
\clef treble
R1*8
}
violinIIMusic = {
\clef treble
R1*8
}
violaMusic = {
\clef alto
R1*8
}
violoncelloMusic = {
\clef bass
R1*8
}
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\score {
<<
\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff \with {
instrumentName = "Flute"
shortInstrumentName = "Flt."
} \fluteMusic
\new Staff \with {
instrumentName = "Bassoon"
shortInstrumentName = "Bsn."
} \bassoonMusic
>>
\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff \with {
instrumentName = "Violin I"
shortInstrumentName = "Vln. I"
} \violinIMusic
\new Staff \with {
instrumentName = "Violin II"
shortInstrumentName = "Vln. II"
} \violinIIMusic
\new Staff \with {
instrumentName = "Viola"
shortInstrumentName = "Vla."
} \violaMusic
\new Staff \with {
instrumentName = "Violoncello"
shortInstrumentName = "Vlc."
} \violoncelloMusic
>>
>>
\layout {}
}
I won't bias your creativity by sharing what I tried. Let's see what you've got!
- Abraham