Re: Removing Piano Staff Temporarily Under Flute Part

[craigbakalian]

Hi Paul,

        Yes, I just got this figured out.  What is odd is that there is another
point in the piece where the piano part does a R1 * 2 but the piano
staff doesn't get removed because - I guess - the R1 * x doesn't span
the entire width of the page?  Can anyone out there explain how
\RemoveEmptyStaffContext works?

Craig Bakalian

On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 14:06 -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> craigbakalian wrote:
> > Hi,
> >     I am typesetting a Sonata for Flute and Piano.  There is a section in
> > the music where the flute part goes into a cadenza with no piano
> > accompaniment.  I want Lily to stop printing the empty piano part for 24
> > bars, and format the flute part on about a half a page, and then resume
> > the printing of piano staff there after.
> >     Am I clear?  I don't know what a typesetter would call this to even
> > look this up in the manual.  How about this-
> >   
> 
> LilyPond calls it \RemoveEmptyStaffContext.  You can find it in the 
> index.  You will probably want \break before and after the cadenza.
> 
> Put this at the end of the \score block:
> 
>   \layout {
>     \context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext }
> 
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Paul Scott
> 
> 
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