Rune, Thanks a lot for the quick response!
Oh the mysteries of Lilypond. I'm looking forward to the day I can intuitively figure out solutions myself. I used your trick and it worked perfectly for my first staff group, but the rest of the staff groups in the same system now show no bracket at all. (ignoring the single staff group problem for now). I am sure I must not be understanding how the \override feature works. Will consult the manual, but please let me know if this sparks a memory in you. I'm guessing there must be a property to hug that bar-line bracket in tighter to the system horizontally as well, i will search for it. Here is what I used for first two staffgroups in one system and I have attached resulting image. http://www.nabble.com/file/p11492340/ScreenHunter_04%2BJul.%2B08%2B13.12.jpg \score { << \new StaffGroup << \override StaffGroup.SystemStartBracket #'style = #'bar-line \override StaffGroup.SystemStartBracket #'thickness = #4 \new Staff { \clef treble \set Staff.instrumentName = "Flute" << \meterMap \fluteOnePart >> } \new Staff { \clef treble \set Staff.instrumentName = "Flute" << \meterMap \fluteTwoPart >> } >> \new StaffGroup \override StaffGroup.SystemStartBracket #'style = #'bar-line \override StaffGroup.SystemStartBracket #'thickness = #4 << \new Staff { \clef treble \set Staff.instrumentName = "Oboe" << \meterMap \oboeOnePart >> } \new Staff { \clef treble \set Staff.instrumentName = "Oboe" << \meterMap \oboeTwoPart >> } >> >> } Rune Zedeler wrote: > > > The first problem is solved by > > \override StaffGroup.SystemStartBracket #'style = #'bar-line > \override StaffGroup.SystemStartBracket #'thickness = #4 > > (of course you may alter the thickness to your liking) > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/square-group-brackets-tf4045612.html#a11492340 Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user