Thank you for the helpful information, Kieren. I will look carefully at the polyphony documentation.
I think my question came across differently than I intended. What I want is NOT for LilyPond to programmatically determine the best layout for each system. Rather, *I* want to tell Lily Pond that, - On system one, each part should be on their own staff - On system two --- Top staff: soprano 1 and 2 --- Middle staff: alto 1 and 2 --- Bottom staff: tenor by itself - On system three --- Top staff: soprano 2 by itself --- Middle staff: soprano 1, alto 1 and alto 2 --- Bottom staff: tenor ...and so on. By "arbitrary", I mean that what *I* decide for each staff, from LilyPond's point of view, has no rhyme or reason. I don't know if this changes your answer. (I'm thinking that each system could be a different LilyPond piece, and I would merge them visually, so it looks like one piece when I ultimately print it. Not sure if that's feasible, but it's the first thing that hits me.) Thanks again. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
