Re: ...and thy Staff, they comfort me

[Kieren Richard MacMillan]

Hello, Mats:

Thanks for the response -- I'm still learning about Contexts (etc.), so 
I appreciate the guidance...

>   I definitely recommend to include it in some existing Staff instead,
>   for example the "mel" Staff.

Excellent!

> - Why did you use additional Dynamics staves for the dynamics and 
> pedal marks?
>  Why not just include them within the existing staves?

I think I (mis)interpreted how Dynamics were applied after looking at 
some of the templates/examples on the lilypond site -- I'll go back and 
reexamine them to figure out where I went wrong.

>   If you make sure to keep them in the same Voice context as the
>   corresponding music, LilyPond will even make sure that they don't
>   collide with notes with several ledger lines. If you want them
>   typeset at a larger distance from the staves by default, just
>   increase the padding property of DynamicLineSpanner and
>   SustainPedalLineSpanner, respectively.

That's *exactly* what I was hoping for -- thanks!
Kieren.