Thanks to both of your for the brainstorming! I really appreciate you taking the time to help me.
Yes, I will most certainly share my findings with you all once I figure it all out! :) I'll trying both those suggestions now, I'll post how it goes asap. Ben Eluze wrote > > SoundsFromSound wrote >> Good afternoon everyone, >> >> I was attempting to engrave this piece today and I've hit a bit of a >> roadblock. >> >> Essentially what I'm supposed to do is have the piano break away from >> it's "normal" grand staff for many measures (15+). >> >> Then change to a percussion 1-line staff to notate the various percussion >> instruments the performer must play as well. Then return to standard >> piano notation. >> >> Is instrument switching possible in Lilypond, with a complete staff-type >> change? I know you can add labels and change instruments, but I was >> unsure it a total staff change was possible, temporarily, in a score. >> http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/notation/writing-parts.html > just a basic start: > > right = \relative c'' { > \global > c4 d e f | > \stopStaff > \override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-positions = #'(-8) > \override NoteHead.style = #'cross > \startStaff > \repeat unfold 3 \relative {a4 a a a } | %% you can probably also change > to drummode here > \stopStaff > \revert Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count > \revert Staff.StaffSymbol.line-positions > \revert NoteHead.style > \startStaff > \notemode { > c4 f g f > } > } > > left = \relative c' { > \global > \clef bass > c,4 d e f | > \stopStaff > s1 | s1 | s1 | > \startStaff > c4 f g f > } > \new PianoStaff << > \right > \left >>> > > does this help? > if you figure out a a good way to accomplish what you describe above could > you publish the final solution!? > > thanks > Eluze ----- composer | sound designer -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Instrument-switching-with-a-new-staff-possible-tp141635p141646.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
