Some doubts

[Daniel Berjón Díez]

Hello, everybody,

I'm trying to typeset the Sonata in A for violin and piano by César Franck, but 
I'm kind of new to Lilypond, and I would like to ask you if is it possible to 
do some things I would like to do. As I don't know if it's allowed or desirable 
to send attachments to the list, I've put in a web server an example of what 
I'd like to do: http://www.gtic.ssr.upm.es/dberjon/franck.png 

1. Is there a way to typeset the half brackets printed in red on the example? 
They're used, as all of you know, to indicate that the notes in the bracket 
should be played with the left hand, so the player don't break his/her right 
hand trying to stretch it to play all what's written in the upper staff. ;) I 
don't know if they receive any proper name in English, sorry about that.

2. How can I specify the font and size for the indications (The "molto dolce", 
in this case)? I've been reading the manual, but I've been unable to understand 
it. :(

3. Is there a simple way to typeset in a smaller size both the soloist staff 
and all the objects contained or associated with it? I mean, as this would be 
the piano score, the violin part is provided only as a reference, and the 
pianist doesn't need to see a very big violin part, but I would like to extract 
that part for the particella for the violinist without having to change all 
font sizes and the rest of the objects.

4. How do I put dynamics affecting all the piano part, not only the upper or 
lower staff?

That's all for the moment, thank you for your attention. ;)

Daniel Berjón


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The source code follows, any suggestion is welcome:

\score { 
        \notes {
                \time 9/8
                
                <<
                        \new Staff {
                                \clef violin
                                \key a \major
                                R1*9/8*4
                                \relative c'' {
                                        r4 d8(_\markup {\italic {molto dolce}} 
fis4 d8 b4 gis8)
                                        fis4( b8) d2. 
                                }
                        } 
                        \context PianoStaff <<
                                \context Staff = "up" {
                                        \key a \major
                                        << 
                                                \new Voice {
                                                        \relative c' {
                                                                \voiceTwo 
                                                                << {fis2.~ 
fis4.} {d2.~ d4.} >>
                                                                << {d2.~ d4.} 
{gis,2.~ gis4.} >>
                                                                << {fis'2.~ 
fis4.} {d2.~ d4.} >>
                                                                << {d2.~ d4.} 
{gis,2.~ gis4.} >>
                                                        }
                                                } 
                                                \new Voice {
                                                        \voiceOne
                                                        \relative c' {
                                                                r4 b'8 d2. r4 
fis,8 b2. r4 b8 fis'2. r4 fis,8 d'2.
                                                        }
                                                }
                                        >>
                                        << {fis'2.~ fis'4.} {d'2.~ d'4.} 
{gis2.~ gis4.}>>
                                        << {fis'2.~ fis'4.} {d'2.~ d'4.} 
{fis2.~ fis4.}>>

                                }
                                \context Staff = "down" {
                                        \clef bass
                                        \key a \major
                                        \new Voice {
                                                << {gis2.~ gis4.} {e2.~ e4.} >>
                                                << {e2.~ e4.} {b,2.~ b,4.} >>
                                                << {gis2.~ gis4.} {e2.~ e4.} >>
                                                << {e2.~ e4.} {b,2.~ b,4.} >>
                                                << {e,2.~ e,4.} {e,,2.~ e,,4.} 
>>
                                                << {b,2.~ b,4.} {b,,2.~ b,,4.} 
>>

                                        }
                                } 
                        >> 
                >>
        }
}