Greetings -
I'm running LilyPond 2.19.33 under Win8.
I have a piece with multiple ossia challenges. I think I'm almost there (unless I have to make fundamental changes). I'm attaching what I have so far.
There are two changes I need to make. I can provide you with a pdf of what I'm looking for, but I'll have to transcribe it by hand. I think an explanation should be sufficient; if it's not, please let me know and I'll send a hand transcription.
1) The lower ossia replaces *four* bars in the main grand staff (i.e., the last bar line in the lower ossia grand staff needs to line up with the bar line ending the fourth bar in the third line of the main grand staff). And I would like the spacing of the bars in the lower ossia to look "normal" within the ossia itself.
2) Because the bar lines in the lower ossia will be offset from the bar lines in the main grand staff (except for the final one of the ossia), I need to eliminate the "span bars" between the main grand staff and the lower ossia (again, except for the final one of the ossia). I want to keep the span bar dashed.
If both of these are not possible, I at least need to match the three bars of the lower ossia to four bars of the main grand staff.
I'm attaching my current .ly file and my current pdf.
Thank you in advance for any help and/or pointers you can provide. Maybe we can turn this into a snippet for the LSR.
All the best,
Ralph
multiOssia.ly
multiOssia.pdf