GrandStaff

A group of staffs, with a brace on the left side, grouping the staves together. The bar lines of the contained staves are connected vertically.

This context creates the following layout objects:

Arpeggio, SpanBar, SystemStartBar, SystemStartBrace, SystemStartBracket and SystemStartSquare.

This context sets the following properties:

• Set translator property systemStartDelimiter to 'SystemStartBrace
• Set translator property localKeySignature to '()

Context GrandStaff can contain FiguredBass and Staff

This context is built from the following engravers:

System_start_delimiter_engraver

Creates a system start delimiter (ie. SystemStart{Bar, Brace, Bracket} spanner

Properties (read)

systemStartDelimiter (symbol)

Which grob to make for the start of the system/staff? Set to SystemStartBrace, SystemStartBracket or SystemStartBar.

systemStartDelimiterHierarchy (pair)

A nested list, indicating the nesting of a start delimiters.

currentCommandColumn (layout object)

Grob that is X-parent to all current breakable (clef, key signature, etc.) items.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: SystemStartBar, SystemStartBrace, SystemStartBracket and SystemStartSquare.

Span_arpeggio_engraver

Properties (read)

connectArpeggios (boolean)

If set, connect arpeggios across piano staff.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: Arpeggio.

Span_bar_engraver

This engraver makes cross-staff barlines: It catches all normal bar lines, and draws a single span-bar across them.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: SpanBar.