On Monday 20 November 2006 18:40, Bob Kline wrote:
> Erik Sandberg wrote:
> > The problem above, is that { } have different meanings in different
> > places: Usually { } means sequential music, but the { } after \score are
> > special: it starts with a _single_ music expression, followed by optional
> > \layout (etc) blocks. So you must make \override part of the music
> > expression, like:
> >
> > \score {
> > <<
> > \override Score.VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t
> > \context ChoirStaff <<
> > \context Staff = women << .... >>
> > \new Lyrics ....
> > \context Staff = men << .... >>
> >
> > \layout{...}
> > }
>
> I apologize for being so slow to grok what's going on here, and I
> appreciate the responses posted so far on this issue, but I still don't
> get it. I have tried doing *exactly* what you're telling me to do here
> (except for putting back in the missing ">>" to balance the delimiters
> of the \context ChoirStaff chunk), and I'm still getting the blank staff
> in the first system.
Hm, maybe it's the \clef bass; you could try to move it to where the music
starts. (not tested; it's just a guess)
--
Erik
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