5 " Hara-kiri staves kill themselves if they are empty. This
6 example really contains three staves, but as they progress, empty ones
7 are removed: this example has three staves, but some of them
8 disappear: note how the 2nd line only has the bar number 2. (That the
9 bar number is printed might be considered a bug, however, the scenario
10 of all staves disappearing does not happen in practice.)
12 Any staff brackets and braces are removed, both in the single staff
27 \context GrandStaff <<
28 \new Staff { c4 c c c \break s1 \break c4 c c c \break c c c c}
29 \new Staff { d4 d d d s1 s1 s1 }
30 \new Staff { e4 e e e s1 e4 e e e s1 }