@node Staff notation
@section Staff notation
+@lilypondfile[quote,ragged-right,line-width=16\cm,staffsize=16]
+{staff-headword.ly}
+
Notes, dynamic signs, etc., are grouped with a set of horizontal
lines, called a staff (plural @q{staves}). In LilyPond, these
lines are drawn using a separate layout object called @code{staff
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@item
-In a @internalsref{StaffGroup}, the barlines will be drawn through
+In a @internalsref{StaffGroup}, the bar lines will be drawn through
all the staves, but the group is started with a bracket.
@lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,quote]
In addition to these four staff group types, other groupings can
be produced by changing various properties. E.g., the
@q{Mensurstriche} layout common in Renaissance music, with
-barlines running between but not through the staves, can be
+bar lines running between but not through the staves, can be
produced from a @code{StaffGroup} or @code{GrandStaff} context if
-the barlines are made transparent in the @code{Staff} itself, with
+the bar lines are made transparent in the @code{Staff} itself, with
the command @code{\override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##t}
@cindex staff, nested
@seealso
+Snippets: @lsrdir{staff}
+
Each staff group context sets the property
@code{systemStartDelimiter} to one of the values
@internalsref{SystemStartBar}, @internalsref{SystemStartBrace},
@seealso
-Program reference: @internalsref{StaffSymbol},
+Snippets: @lsrdir{staff}
+
+Internals Reference: @internalsref{StaffSymbol},
@internalsref{DrumStaff}.
Examples: @lsrdir{staff}
}
@end lilypond
+@seealso
+
+Snippets: @lsrdir{staff}
+
@node Writing parts
@subsection Writing parts
@seealso
-Program reference: @internalsref{MetronomeMark}, @ref{MIDI
+Internals Reference: @internalsref{MetronomeMark}, @ref{MIDI
output}.
@c perhaps also an example of how to move it horizontally?
+@seealso
+
+Snippets: @lsrdir{staff}
+
@node Instrument names
@unnumberedsubsubsec Instrument names
@seealso
-Program reference: @internalsref{InstrumentName}.
+Snippets: @lsrdir{staff}
+
+Internals Reference: @internalsref{InstrumentName}.
@node Quoting other voices
@seealso
-In this manual: @ref{Instrument transpositions}.
+Notation Reference: @ref{Instrument transpositions}.
-Examples: @lsr{parts,quote.ly},
-@lsr{parts,quote-transportation.ly}
+Snippets: @lsrdir{staff}
-Program reference: @internalsref{QuoteMusic}.
+Internals Reference: @internalsref{QuoteMusic}.
@node Formatting cue notes
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+@seealso
+Snippets: @lsrdir{staff}