version that you are working on. See TRANSLATION for details.
@end ignore
-@c \version "2.11.61"
+@c \version "2.12.0"
@node Fundamental concepts
@chapter Fundamental concepts
@example
@{
- \new GrandStaff <<
+ \new StaffGroup <<
@var{...insert the whole score of a Wagner opera in here...}
>>
@}
@example
\score @{
@{ % this brace begins the overall compound music expression
- \new GrandStaff <<
+ \new StaffGroup <<
@var{...insert the whole score of a Wagner opera in here...}
>>
@} % this brace ends the overall compound music expression
A whole Wagner opera would easily double the length of this
manual, so let's just add a singer and piano. We don't need a
-@code{GrandStaff} for this ensemble, which simply groups a number
-of staves together with a brace at the left, so we shall remove
+@code{StaffGroup} for this ensemble, which simply groups a number
+of staves together with a bracket at the left, so we shall remove
it. We @emph{do} need a singer and a piano, though.
@example
<<
{ f c c }
\new Staff \with {
- alignAboveContext = "main" }
+ alignAboveContext = #"main" }
{ f8 f c }
>>
r4 |
One two three four five six
}
\score {
- \new Choirstaff {
+ \new ChoirStaff {
\new Staff <<
\new Voice = "verse" {
\versenotes \break
<< % combine ChoirStaff and PianoStaff in parallel
\new ChoirStaff <<
\new Staff = "sopranos" <<
- \set Staff.instrumentName = "Soprano"
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Soprano"
\new Voice = "sopranos" { \global \sopranoMusic }
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" { \sopranoWords }
\new Staff = "altos" <<
- \set Staff.instrumentName = "Alto"
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Alto"
\new Voice = "altos" { \global \altoMusic }
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "altos" { \altoWords }
\new Staff = "tenors" <<
- \set Staff.instrumentName = "Tenor"
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Tenor"
\new Voice = "tenors" { \global \tenorMusic }
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "tenors" { \tenorWords }
\new Staff = "basses" <<
- \set Staff.instrumentName = "Bass"
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Bass"
\new Voice = "basses" { \global \bassMusic }
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "basses" { \bassWords }
>> % end ChoirStaff
\new PianoStaff <<
- \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = "Piano"
+ \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #"Piano"
\new Staff = "upper" \upper
\new Staff = "lower" \lower
>>
@example
\new ChoirStaff <<
\new Staff = "sopranos" <<
- \set Staff.instrumentName = "Soprano"
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Soprano"
\new Voice = "sopranos" @{ \global \sopranoMusic @}
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" @{ \sopranoWords @}
\new Staff = "altos" <<
- \set Staff.instrumentName = "Alto"
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Alto"
\new Voice = "altos" @{ \global \altoMusic @}
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "altos" @{ \altoWords @}
\new Staff = "tenors" <<
- \set Staff.instrumentName = "Tenor"
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Tenor"
\new Voice = "tenors" @{ \global \tenorMusic @}
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "tenors" @{ \tenorWords @}
\new Staff = "basses" <<
- \set Staff.instrumentName = "Bass"
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Bass"
\new Voice = "basses" @{ \global \bassMusic @}
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "basses" @{ \bassWords @}
@example
\new PianoStaff <<
- \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = "Piano "
+ \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #"Piano "
\new Staff = "upper" \upper
\new Staff = "lower" \lower
>>
>> % end ChoirStaff
\new PianoStaff <<
- \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = "Piano"
+ \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #"Piano"
\new Staff = "upper" \upper
\new Staff = "lower" \lower
>>
<< % combine ChoirStaff and PianoStaff in parallel
\new ChoirStaff <<
\new Staff = "sopranos" <<
- \set Staff.instrumentName = "Soprano"
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Soprano"
\new Voice = "sopranos" { \global \sopranoMusic }
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "sopranos" { \sopranoWords }
\new Staff = "altos" <<
- \set Staff.instrumentName = "Alto"
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Alto"
\new Voice = "altos" { \global \altoMusic }
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "altos" { \altoWords }
\new Staff = "tenors" <<
- \set Staff.instrumentName = "Tenor"
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Tenor"
\new Voice = "tenors" { \global \tenorMusic }
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "tenors" { \tenorWords }
\new Staff = "basses" <<
- \set Staff.instrumentName = "Bass"
+ \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Bass"
\new Voice = "basses" { \global \bassMusic }
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "basses" { \bassWords }
>> % end ChoirStaff
\new PianoStaff <<
- \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = "Piano "
+ \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #"Piano "
\new Staff = "upper" \upper
\new Staff = "lower" \lower
>>