Re: Temporary div. multiple staffs

[Aaron Hill]

On 2022-04-05 10:20 pm, Evan Driscoll wrote:
> Another question, one I've struggled with before.
>
> The part splits out temporarily into divisi parts on multiple staffs. I
> always have trouble getting the correct incantations to get the correct
> result.
>
> A naive attempt results in http://lilybin.com/1l8whf/5. This is enough 
> to
> keep working, but it looks bad -- barlines don't cross between staffs, 
> and
> there's no grouping a la
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/69/lily-9c91c2b7.png from 
> the
> manual.
>
> I can get a pair of staffs that are correct on their own by creating a
> StaffGroup with two new staffs -- http://lilybin.com/1l8whf/9 -- but 
> the
> original staff continues through. Omitting the explicit \new Staff
> invocations doesn't help -- http://lilybin.com/1l8whf/11.
>
> What's the right way to do this?

Unsure there is a definitively "right" way... but here's an option:

http://lilybin.com/1l8whf/12

Move the StaffGroup declaration outside the music.  Also, you can name 
contexts so you can reference an existing one to avoid creating new ones 
(explicitly or implicitly).


-- Aaron Hill