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Staff notation 131
Mensurstriche layout (bar lines between the staves)
The mensurstriche-layout where the bar lines do not show on the staves but between staves can
be achieved with a StaffGroup instead of a ChoirStaff. The bar line on staves is blanked out
by setting the transparent property.
global = {
\override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##t
s1 s
% the final bar line is not interrupted
\revert Staff.BarLine #'transparent
\bar "|."
}
\new StaffGroup \relative c'' {
}
\new Staff { > }
>>
}
Nesting staves
The property systemStartDelimiterHierarchy can be used to make more complex nested
staff groups. The command \set StaffGroup.systemStartDelimiterHierarchy takes an alphabetical
list of the number of staves produced. Before each staff a system start delimiter can
be given. It has to be enclosed in brackets and takes as much staves as the brackets enclose.
Elements in the list can be omitted, but the first bracket takes always the complete number of
staves. The possibilities are SystemStartBar, SystemStartBracket, SystemStartBrace, and
SystemStartSquare.
\new StaffGroup
\relative c''