ChoirStaff with Refrain and then Verses

[Ronald Hoellwarth]

Hello,

I've another problem: The piece I want to create with lilypond is for a
Choir and the text stands between the upper and lower Staff. If the
verses are coming first and then the refrain, then I could just extend
the middle verse (=stanza) and set all other stanzas to " "'s. If the 
refrain is then broken into a new line the gap above and below is not 
that bad to view.

But when the refrain is first then I don't want the gap between the
upper and lower Staff be as big as it should be for the verses. It
should fit to the one line of the Refrain.

Is it possible to start a new ChoirStaff inside a score? I mean: If I
use a separate StaffSystem for the Refrain and an other for the Verses
the gap would adjust to the available amount of text, or?

OK. Here is a little illustration:

That's how I get it now. but the empty space above and below the
Refrain-lyrics should be gone.

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Refrain Refrain Refrain Refrain Refrain Refrain Refrain Refrain Re

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frain Refrain Refrain Refrain Refrain Refrain Refrain Refrain Ref

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1. Verse1 Verse1 Verse1 Verse1 Verse1 Verse1 Verse1 Verse1 Verse1
2. Verse2 Verse2 Verse2 Verse2 Verse2 Verse2 Verse2 Verse2 Verse2
3. Verse3 Verse3 Verse3 Verse3 Verse3 Verse3 Verse3 Verse3 Verse3
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greetings from crailsheim, germany
ronald höllwarth