> Is there any possibility of doing something like this picture below? On top > is lilypond's default output and on the bottom is what I seek to write. >
Dear Lucas, Referring to the following pages on LilyPond Documentation: https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/modifying-single-staves https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/ossia-staves https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/clef https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacing-within-systems The following is my attempt in replicating what you have proposed. The trick, it seems, is to redefine where the Middle C position is going to be after the staff change takes place, as well as overriding the staff spacing. For the latter, resorting to setting via Scheme code seems to be the trick. \version "2.24.4" \new Staff = "main" {c''1 d'' e'' f'' \stopStaff \override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-positions = #'(-9 -7 -5 -3 -1) \set Staff.middleCPosition = -11 \startStaff << { c''1 d'' e'' f'' } \new Staff \with { \remove Time_signature_engraver alignAboveContext = "main" \magnifyStaff #2/3 \override VerticalAxisGroup.default-staff-staff-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 0) (minimum-distance . 0) (padding . -1) (stretchability . 10)) firstClef = ##f } { c''1 d'' e'' f'' } >> } I hope this gets close to what you want to accomplish! All the best, Yoshi
