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See TRANSLATION for details. @end ignore @node Staff notation @section Staff notation @lilypondfile[quote]{staff-headword.ly} This section explains how to influence the staff appearance, print scores with more than one staff, and how to apply specific performance marks to single staves. @menu * Displaying staves:: * Modifying single staves:: * Writing parts:: @end menu @node Displaying staves @subsection Displaying staves This section shows the different possibilities to create and group staves into groups, which can be marked in the beginning of each line with either a bracket or a brace. @menu * Instantiating new staves:: * Grouping staves:: * Deeper nested staff groups:: @end menu @node Instantiating new staves @subsubsection Instantiating new staves @cindex new staff @cindex staff initiation @cindex staff instantiation @cindex staff, new @cindex staff, single @cindex drum staff @cindex percussion staff @cindex Gregorian transcription staff @cindex rhythmic staff @cindex tabstaff @cindex tablature The lines of a staff (pl. staves) are produced by the @code{staff symbol} layout object. Staves are created with the @code{\new} or @code{\context} commands. For an explanation on these commands, see @ref{Creating contexts}. There are different predefined staff contexts available in LilyPond: @itemize @item The default is @code{Staff}: @lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,quote] \relative c'' { \new Staff { c d e f } } @end lilypond @item @code{DrumStaff} creates a five line staff set up for a typical drum set. It uses different names for each instrument. The instrument names have to be set using the @code{drummode}. See @ref{Percussion staves}. @lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,quote] \new DrumStaff { \drummode { cymc hh ss tomh } } @end lilypond @item @code{GregorianTranscriptionStaff} sets up a staff to notate modern Gregorian chant. It does not show bar lines. @lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,quote] \relative c'' { \new GregorianTranscriptionStaff { c d e f } } @end lilypond @item @code{RhythmicStaff} can be used to show the rhythm of some music. The notes are printed on one line regardless of their pitch, but the duration is preserved. See @ref{Showing melody rhythms}. @lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,quote] \relative c'' { \new RhythmicStaff { c d e f } } @end lilypond @item @code{TabStaff} creates by default a tablature with six strings in standard guitar tuning. See @ref{Tablatures basic}. @lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,quote] \relative c'' { \new TabStaff { c d e f } } @end lilypond @end itemize @noindent Besides these staves there are two staff contexts specific for the notation of ancient music: @code{MensuralStaff} and @code{VaticanaStaff}. They are described in @ref{Pre-defined contexts}. Once a staff is instantiated it can be started or stopped at every point in the score. This is done with the commands @code{\startStaff} and @code{\stopStaff}. How to use it is explained in @ref{Staff symbol}. @seealso Music Glossary: @rglos{staff}, @rglos{staves}. Notation Reference: @ref{Percussion staves}, @ref{Tablatures basic}, @ref{Gregorian Chant contexts}, and @ref{Mensural contexts}. Snippets: @lsrdir{Staff,Staff-notation}. Internals Reference: @internalsref{Staff}, @internalsref{DrumStaff}, @internalsref{GregorianTranscriptionStaff}, @internalsref{RhythmicStaff}, @internalsref{TabStaff}, @internalsref{MensuralStaff}, @internalsref{VaticanaStaff}. @node Grouping staves @subsubsection Grouping staves @cindex start of system @cindex staff, multiple @cindex staves, multiple @cindex system start delimiters @cindex bracket, vertical @cindex brace, vertical @cindex grand staff @cindex piano staff @cindex staff group @cindex staff, choir @cindex choir staff @cindex system LilyPond provides different types of contexts to group single staves together. These contexts influence in the first place the appearance of the system start delimiter, but they have also influence on the behavior of the bar lines. Each staff group context sets the property @code{systemStartDelimiter} to one of the values @code{SystemStartBar}, @code{SystemStartBrace}, and @code{SystemStartBracket}. A fourth delimiter, @code{systemStartSquare}, is also available, but must be instantiated manually. The usage of this last delimiter is shown further down in the snippet section. @itemize @item If no context is specified, the default properties for the score will be used: the group is started with a vertical line, and the bar lines are not connected. @lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,quote] \relative c'' << \new Staff { c1 c } \new Staff { c c } >> @end lilypond @item In a @code{StaffGroup}, the bar lines will be drawn through all the staves, and the group is started with a bracket. @lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,quote] \new StaffGroup { \relative c'' << \new Staff { c1 c } \new Staff { c c } >> } @end lilypond @item In a @code{ChoirStaff}, the group is started with a bracket, but bar lines are not connected. @lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,quote] \new ChoirStaff { \relative c'' << \new Staff { c1 c } \new Staff { c c } >> } @end lilypond @item In a @code{GrandStaff}, the group is started with a brace at the left, and bar lines are connected between the staves. @lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,quote] \new GrandStaff { \relative c'' << \new Staff { c1 c } \new Staff { c c } >> } @end lilypond @item The @code{PianoStaff} behaves almost as the @code{GrandStaff} but is optimized for setting piano music. @lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,quote] \new PianoStaff { \relative c'' << \new Staff { c1 c } \new Staff { c c } >> } @end lilypond @end itemize According to classic engraver rules an orchestral score consists of staves connected only with a single line at the beginning of the system. In LilyPond this is produced grouping the @code{Staff} contexts with @code{<< ... >>}. Each instrument family is grouped inside of a @code{StaffGroup} with a starting bracket. A group of same instruments or an instrument using more than one staff is grouped with braces in a @code{GrandStaff}. As the context names tell, @code{PianoStaff} is used for notating piano music and @code{ChoirStaff} for all kind of vocal ensemble music. @snippets @c FIXME: not yet in master @c @lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,ragged-right,texidoc] @c {use-square-bracket-at-the-start-of-a-staff-group.ly} @lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,ragged-right,texidoc] {display-bracket-with-only-one-staff-in-a-system.ly} @cindex mensurstriche layout @cindex renaissance music @cindex transcription of mensural music @cindex mensural music, transcription of @lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,ragged-right,texidoc] {mensurstriche-layout-bar-lines-between-the-staves.ly} @seealso Music Glossary: @rglos{brace}, @rglos{bracket}. Snippets: @lsrdir{Staff,Staff-notation} Internals Reference: @internalsref{ChoirStaff}, @internalsref{GrandStaff}, @internalsref{StaffGroup}, @internalsref{SystemStartBar}, @internalsref{SystemStartBrace}, @internalsref{SystemStartBracket}, and @internalsref{systemStartSquare}. @node Deeper nested staff groups @subsubsection Deeper nested staff groups There are also two inner staff contexts named @code{InnerStaffGroup} and @code{InnerChoirStaffGroup} besides the grouping contexts mentioned in @ref{Grouping staves}. They behave in the same way as their simple counterparts, except that they are contained in another staff grouping context, thus producing one more bracket on top of the existing one. Note that @code{GrandStaff} and @code{PianoStaff} do not have any inner grouping contexts. They can both be inside any other staff context, including inner staff groups, though. Here is an example of an orchestral score using groupings and nesting of these groupings. Note that the instrument names are omitted from the source code, see @ref{Instrument names} how to set them. @cindex staff, nested @cindex staves, nested @cindex nesting of staves @cindex system start delimiters, nested @cindex nested staff brackets @cindex brackets, nesting of @cindex braces, nesting of @cindex inner staff group @cindex inner choir staff group @example \score @{ << \new StaffGroup %woodwinds << \new Staff @{ c'1 d' @} %flute \new InnerStaffGroup << \new Staff @{ c' d' @} %sax \new Staff @{ c' d' @} %oboe \new Staff @{ c' d' @} %English horn >> \new Staff @{ \clef bass c d @} %bassoon >> \new StaffGroup %the brass group << \new Staff @{ c' d' @} %trumpet \new Staff @{ \clef bass c d @} %trombone \new GrandStaff %the horns need a GrandStaff (same instrument) << \new Staff @{ c' d' @} \new Staff @{ \clef bass c d @} >> >> \new ChoirStaff %for setting vocal music << \new Staff @{ c' d' @} \new InnerChoirStaff << \new Staff @{ c' d' @} \new Staff @{ c' d' @} >> \new Staff @{ c' d' @} >> \new PianoStaff %for the piano << \new Staff @{ c' d' @} \new Staff @{\clef bass c d @} >> >> @} @end example @c no verbatim so instrument names are only in the music @lilypond[ragged-right,quote] \score { << \new StaffGroup %woodwinds << \new Staff {\set Staff.instrumentName = "fl" c'1 d' } %flute \new InnerStaffGroup << \new Staff { \set Staff.instrumentName = "sax" c' d' } %sax 1 \new Staff { \set Staff.instrumentName = "ob" c' d' } %sax 2 \new Staff { \set Staff.instrumentName = "ca" c' d' } >> \new Staff {\set Staff.instrumentName = "bs" \clef bass c d } %bassoon >> \new StaffGroup %the brass group << \new Staff {\set Staff.instrumentName = "tr" c' d' } %trumpet \new Staff {\set Staff.instrumentName = "tb" \clef bass c d } %trombone \new GrandStaff %the horns need a GrandStaff (same instrument) << \new Staff {\set Staff.instrumentName = "cor1" c' d' } \new Staff {\set Staff.instrumentName = "cor2" \clef bass c d } >> >> \new ChoirStaff %for setting vocal music << \new Staff {\set Staff.instrumentName = "S" c' d' } \new InnerChoirStaff << \new Staff {\set Staff.instrumentName = "A1" c' d' } \new Staff {\set Staff.instrumentName = "A2" c' d' } >> \new Staff {\set Staff.instrumentName = "T" c' d' } >> \new PianoStaff %for the piano << \new Staff { c' d' } \new Staff {\clef bass c d } >> >> } @end lilypond @snippets @lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,ragged-right,texidoc] {nesting-staves.ly} @seealso Internals Reference: @internalsref{SystemStartBar}, @internalsref{SystemStartBrace}, @internalsref{SystemStartBracket}, @internalsref{systemStartDelimiterHierarchy}. @node Modifying single staves @subsection Modifying single staves @menu * Staff symbol:: * Ossia staves:: * Hiding staves:: @end menu @node Staff symbol @subsubsection Staff symbol @cindex adjusting staff symbol @cindex drawing staff symbol @cindex stop staff lines @cindex start staff lines @cindex staff lines, amount of @cindex staff line, thickness of @cindex amount of staff lines @cindex thickness of staff lines The layout object which draws the lines of a staff is called @code{staff symbol}. The staff symbol may be tuned in the number, thickness and distance of lines, using properties. This is demonstrated in the example files @c @lsr{staff,changing-the-number-of-lines-in-a-staff.ly} and @c @lsr{staff,changing-the-staff-size.ly}. In addition, staves may be started and stopped at will. This is done with @code{\startStaff} and @code{\stopStaff}. @lilypond[verbatim,relative=2,fragment] b4 b \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'line-count = 2 \stopStaff \startStaff b b \revert Staff.StaffSymbol #'line-count \stopStaff \startStaff b b @end lilypond @node Ossia staves @subsubsection Ossia staves @cindex staves, Frenched @cindex ossia @cindex Frenched staves In combination with Frenched staves, this may be used to typeset @emph{ossia} sections. An example is shown here @lilypond[verbatim,relative=2,quote] << \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_engraver" fontSize = #-2 \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #(magstep -2) firstClef = ##f } \relative c'' { \stopStaff \skip 2 \startStaff \clef treble bes8[^"ossia" g bes g] \stopStaff s2 \startStaff f8 d g4 } \new Staff \relative { \time 2/4 c4 c g' g a a g2 } >> @end lilypond @cindex staff lines, setting number of @cindex staff lines, setting thickness of @cindex thickness of staff lines, setting @cindex number of staff lines, setting @snippets @c lilypondfile{Making-some-staff-lines-thicker-than-the-others.ly} @c snippet 277 @seealso Music Glossary: @rglos{ossia}, @rglos{staff}, @rglos{Frenched staff}. Snippets: @lsrdir{Staff,Staff-notation} Internals Reference: @internalsref{StaffSymbol}, @internalsref{DrumStaff}. @node Hiding staves @subsubsection Hiding staves @cindex Frenched scores @cindex staves, hiding @cindex staves, empty In orchestral scores, staff lines that only have rests are usually removed; this saves some space. This style is called @q{French Score}. For @code{Lyrics}, @code{ChordNames} and @code{FiguredBass}, this is switched on by default. When the lines of these contexts turn out empty after the line-breaking process, they are removed. For normal staves, a specialized @code{Staff} context is available, which does the same: staves containing nothing (or only multi-measure rests) are removed. The context definition is stored in @code{\RemoveEmptyStaffContext} variable. Observe how the second staff in this example disappears in the second line @lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim] \layout { \context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext } } { \relative c' << \new Staff { e4 f g a \break c1 } \new Staff { c4 d e f \break R1 } >> } @end lilypond The first system shows all staves in full. If empty staves should be removed from the first system too, set @code{remove-first} to true in @code{VerticalAxisGroup}. @example \override Score.VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t @end example To remove other types of contexts, use @code{\AncientRemoveEmptyStaffContext} or @code{\RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext}. @cindex ossia Another application of the @code{\RemoveEmptyStaffContext} is to make ossia sections, i.e., alternative melodies on a separate piece of staff, with help of a Frenched staff. See @ref{Staff symbol}. You can make the staff lines invisible by removing the @code{Staff_symbol_engraver} from the @code{Staff} context. @lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim] \score { \context Staff \relative c'' { c8 c c16 c c c } \layout{ \context { \Staff \remove Staff_symbol_engraver } } } @end lilypond @seealso Notation Reference: @ref{Staff symbol}. Snippets: @lsrdir{Staff,Staff-notation} Internals Reference: @internalsref{ChordNames}, @internalsref{FiguredBass}, @internalsref{Lyrics}, @internalsref{Staff}, @internalsref{VerticalAxisGroup}. @node Writing parts @subsection Writing parts @menu * Metronome marks:: * Instrument names:: * Quoting other voices:: * Formatting cue notes:: @end menu @node Metronome marks @subsubsection Metronome marks @cindex Tempo @cindex beats per minute @cindex metronome marking Metronome settings can be entered as follows @example \tempo @var{duration} = @var{per-minute} @end example In the MIDI output, they are interpreted as a tempo change. In the layout output, a metronome marking is printed @funindex \tempo @lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim,fragment] \tempo 8.=120 c''1 @end lilypond @snippets To change the tempo in the MIDI output without printing anything, make the metronome marking invisible @example \once \override Score.MetronomeMark #'transparent = ##t @end example To print other metronome markings, use these markup commands @lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim,relative,fragment] c4^\markup { ( \smaller \general-align #Y #DOWN \note #"16." #1 = \smaller \general-align #Y #DOWN \note #"8" #1 ) } @end lilypond @noindent For more details, see @ref{Text markup}. @seealso Music Glossary: @rglos{metronome}, @rglos{metronomic indication}, @rglos{tempo indication}, @rglos{metronome mark}. Notation Reference: @ref{Text markup}. Snippets: @lsrdir{Staff,Staff-notation}. Internals Reference: @internalsref{MetronomeMark}, @ref{MIDI output}. @knownissues Collisions are not checked. If you have notes above the top line of the staff (or notes with articulations, slurs, text, etc), then the metronome marking may be printed on top of musical symbols. If this occurs, increase the padding of the metronome mark to place it further away from the staff. @example \override Score.MetronomeMark #'padding = #2.5 @end example @c perhaps also an example of how to move it horizontally? @node Instrument names @subsubsection Instrument names @cindex instrument names @cindex instrument names, short In an orchestral score, instrument names are printed at the left side of the staves. This can be achieved by setting @code{Staff}.@code{instrumentName} and @code{Staff}.@code{shortInstrumentName}, or @code{PianoStaff}.@code{instrumentName} and @code{PianoStaff}.@code{shortInstrumentName}. This will print text before the start of the staff. For the first staff, @code{instrumentName} is used. If set, @code{shortInstrumentName} is used for the following staves. @lilypond[quote,verbatim,ragged-right,relative=1,fragment] \set Staff.instrumentName = "Ploink " \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = "Plk " c1 \break c'' @end lilypond You can also use markup texts to construct more complicated instrument names, for example @lilypond[quote,fragment,verbatim,ragged-right] \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup { \column { "Clarinetti" \line { "in B" \smaller \flat } } } c''1 @end lilypond @cindex instrument names, centering As instrument names are centered by default, multi line names are better entered using @code{\center-align}: @lilypond[quote,verbatim,ragged-right] { << \new Staff { \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup \center-align { Clarinetti \line { "in B" \smaller \flat } } c''1 } \new Staff { \set Staff.instrumentName = "Vibraphone" c''1 } >> } @end lilypond For longer instrument names, it may be useful to increase the @code{indent} setting in the @code{\layout} block. Short instrument names, printed before the systems following the first one, are also centered by default, in a space which width is given by the @code{short-indent} variable of the @code{\layout} block. To add instrument names to other contexts (such as @code{GrandStaff}, @code{ChoirStaff}, or @code{StaffGroup}), the engraver must be added to that context. @example \layout@{ \context @{\GrandStaff \consists "Instrument_name_engraver"@} @} @end example @noindent More information about adding and removing engravers can be found in @ref{Modifying context plug-ins}. @cindex instrument names, changing Instrument names may be changed in the middle of a piece, @lilypond[quote,fragment,verbatim,ragged-right] \set Staff.instrumentName = "First" \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = "one" c1 c c c \break c1 c c c \break \set Staff.instrumentName = "Second" \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = "two" c1 c c c \break c1 c c c \break @end lilypond @seealso Notation Reference: @ref{Modifying context plug-ins}. Snippets: @lsrdir{Staff,Staff-notation} Internals Reference: @internalsref{InstrumentName}, @internalsref{PianoStaff}, @internalsref{Staff}. @node Quoting other voices @subsubsection Quoting other voices @cindex cues @cindex quoting other voices @cindex fragments @cindex cue notes With quotations, fragments of other parts can be inserted into a part directly. Before a part can be quoted, it must be marked especially as quotable. This is done with the @code{\addQuote} command. @example \addQuote @var{name} @var{music} @end example @noindent Here, @var{name} is an identifying string. The @var{music} is any kind of music. Here is an example of @code{\addQuote} @example \addQuote clarinet \relative c' @{ f4 fis g gis @} @end example This command must be entered at toplevel, i.e., outside any music blocks. Typically, one would use an already defined music event as the @var{music}: @example clarinet = \relative c' @{ f4 fis g gis @} \addQuote clarinet @{ \clarinet @} @end example After calling @code{\addQuote}, the quotation may then be done with @code{\quoteDuring} or @code{\cueDuring}, @example \quoteDuring #@var{name} @var{music} @end example During a part, a piece of music can be quoted with the @code{\quoteDuring} command. @example \quoteDuring #"clarinet" @{ s2. @} @end example This would cite three quarter notes (the duration of @code{s2.}) of the previously added @code{clarinet} voice. More precisely, it takes the current time-step of the part being printed, and extracts the notes at the corresponding point of the @code{\addQuote}d voice. Therefore, the argument to @code{\addQuote} should be the entire part of the voice to be quoted, including any rests at the beginning. It is possible to use another music expression instead of @code{s}, thus creating a polyphonic section, but this may not always give the desired result. Quotations take into account the transposition of both source and target instruments, if they are specified using the @code{\transposition} command. @lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim] \addQuote clarinet \relative c' { \transposition bes f4 fis g gis } { e'8 f'8 \quoteDuring #"clarinet" { s2 } } @end lilypond The type of events that are present in the quoted music can be trimmed with the @code{quotedEventTypes} property. The default value is @code{(note-event rest-event)}, which means that only notes and rests of the quoted voice end up in the @code{\quoteDuring}. Setting @example \set Staff.quotedEventTypes = #'(note-event articulation-event dynamic-event) @end example @noindent will quote notes (but no rests), together with scripts and dynamics. @knownissues Only the contents of the first @code{Voice} occurring in an @code{\addQuote} command will be considered for quotation, so @var{music} can not contain @code{\new} and @code{\context Voice} statements that would switch to a different Voice. Quoting grace notes is broken and can even cause LilyPond to crash. Quoting nested triplets may result in poor notation. In earlier versions of LilyPond (pre 2.11), @code{addQuote} was written entirely in lower-case letters: @code{\addquote}. @seealso Notation Reference: @ref{Instrument transpositions}. Snippets: @lsrdir{Staff,Staff-notation} Internals Reference: @internalsref{QuoteMusic}, @internalsref{Voice}. @node Formatting cue notes @subsubsection Formatting cue notes @cindex cues @cindex cue notes @cindex cue notes, formatting @cindex fragments @cindex quoting other voices @cindex cues, formatting The previous section deals with inserting notes from another voice. There is a more advanced music function called @code{\cueDuring}, which makes formatting cue notes easier. The syntax is @example \cueDuring #@var{name} #@var{updown} @var{music} @end example This will insert notes from the part @var{name} into a @code{Voice} called @code{cue}. This happens simultaneously with @var{music}, which usually is a rest. When the cue notes start, the staff in effect becomes polyphonic for a moment. The argument @var{updown} determines whether the cue notes should be notated as a first or second voice. @lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right] smaller = { \set fontSize = #-2 \override Stem #'length-fraction = #0.8 \override Beam #'thickness = #0.384 \override Beam #'length-fraction = #0.8 } \addQuote clarinet \relative { R1*20 r2 r8 c' f f } \new Staff \relative << % setup a context for cue notes. \new Voice = "cue" { \smaller \skip 1*21 } \set Score.skipBars = ##t \new Voice { R1*20 \cueDuring #"clarinet" #UP { R1 } g4 g2. } >> @end lilypond Here are a couple of hints for successful cue notes: @itemize @item Cue notes have smaller font sizes. @item The cued part is marked with the instrument playing the cue. @item When the original part takes over again, this should be marked with the name of the original instrument. @item Any other changes introduced by the cued part should also be undone. For example, if the cued instrument plays in a different clef, the original clef should be stated once again. @end itemize The macro @code{\transposedCueDuring} is useful to add cues to instruments which use a completely different octave range (for example, having a cue of a piccolo flute within a contra bassoon part). @lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,quote] picc = \relative c''' { \clef "treble^8" R1 | c8 c c e g2 | a4 g g2 | } \addQuote "picc" { \picc } cbsn = \relative c, { \clef "bass_8" c4 r g r \transposedCueDuring #"picc" #UP c,, { R1 } | c4 r g r | } << \context Staff = "picc" \picc \context Staff = "cbsn" \cbsn >> @end lilypond @seealso Snippets: @lsrdir{Staff,Staff-notation}. Internals Reference: @internalsref{Voice}.