StaffGroup

Groups staffs while adding a bracket on the left side, grouping the staves together. The bar lines of the contained staves are connected vertically. StaffGroup only consists of a collection of staffs, with a bracket in front and spanning bar lines.

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 'SystemStartBracket

Context StaffGroup can contain Staff, FiguredBass, InnerStaffGroup, ChoirStaff, InnerChoirStaff, ChordNames, Lyrics, TabStaff, PianoStaff, GrandStaff, DrumStaff and RhythmicStaff

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.

Output_property_engraver

Apply a procedure to any grob acknowledged.

Music types accepted:

apply-output-event

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.