Hi Paul,
This works
for what you are after I believe.
musicB = {
\new PianoStaff <<
{ \new Staff = "right" {
\override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #blue
c'1-\markup "blue"
\stopStaff \override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #magenta
\startStaff { c'1-\markup "Magenta" }
}
}
>>
}
regards,
Shane Brandes
On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 10:38 AM Paul McKay <plm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I am working on some Haydn piano music and want to distinguish between
> urtext and my version music. (I plan to write out the variations I use when
> I repeat.) A neat way to do it would be to change the colour of the staff
> lines. I can't find a way that works. I can change the colour easily enough
> at the beginning of the staff, but it doesn't seem possible to change it
> thereafter. For what I want to achieve, it would be fine to start a new
> staff but it would need to look like a continuation of a previous one. Here
> is what I've tried so far. I'd like the final version to have two
> contiguous bars where the staff colour matches what's indicated by the
> markup.
> Thanks in advance.
> Paul
> \version "2.22.0"
>
> % Change staff color
> musicA = {
> \new PianoStaff <<
> { \new Staff = "right" {
> \accidentalStyle modern-cautionary
> \override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #blue
> { c'1-\markup "blue" }
> } \new Staff = "rong" { % Calling this one "right" too, doesn't
> change anything.
> \override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #magenta
> { c'1-\markup "Magenta" }
> }
> }
> >>
> }
> musicB = {
> \new PianoStaff <<
> { \new Staff = "right" {
> \accidentalStyle modern-cautionary
> \override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #blue
> { c'1-\markup "blue" }
> \override Staff.StaffSymbol.color = #magenta
> { c'1-\markup "Magenta" }
> }
> }
> >>
> }
>
> \score {
> { \musicA \musicB }
> \layout { indent = #0
> \context { \Staff \RemoveEmptyStaves }
> }
> }
>
