Re: smaller distance between first Staff and TimeSig

[Stefan Thomas]

Dear Kieren, dear community,
I think, I could make a succes: I moved the Time_signature_engraver
from the staff-context
and the Text_spanner_engraver from the Voice-Context and put them both
into the Score-Context. Now I can see the Time-Signature where I need
it, as well as the line for the ritardande-spanner. But, I don't know
why, the "rit." disappeared, althoug I put the Text_engraver to the
Score-context. What could be the mistake?
Here the modified snippet:
\version "2.12.1"
\layout
{
         \context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext }
       \context { \Score \override TimeSignature #'style = #'() }
       \context { \Staff \override TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f }
       \context { \Voice \remove "Text_spanner_engraver" }
       \context { \Score \consists  "Time_signature_engraver" }
       \context { \Score \consists "Text_spanner_engraver" }
       \context { \Score \consists "Text_engraver" }
 }
global = {
                \tempo 4 = 76 \repeat "unfold" 2 { \time 4/4 s1 \time 3/4 s2. }
                \time 4/4   s1
                \override TextSpanner  #'style = #'dashed-line \textSpannerUp
     \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'left #'text = \markup {
\upright "rit" }
                s2. \startTextSpan s4 \stopTextSpan
                \tempo 4= 60 s1 }
                
                notenA = \relative {
                \set Staff.instrumentName = " StaffA"
             \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = "St.A "
                c2 c4 d
               e4 d e
               f1 \break
              R2. R1*3 }
notenB = \relative {
               \set Staff.instrumentName = " StaffB"
             \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = "St.B "
              a2 a4 b c b c  d1
              d4 c d e1 e4 f g a g f e2 }
notenC =  \relative {
         \set Staff.instrumentName = " StaffC"
             \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = "St.C "
                \repeat unfold 26 c4 }
                
                \score { <<
                        
                        \new Staff  <<\global \notenA  >>
                       \new Staff << \global \notenB >>
                        \new Staff  << \global \notenC >>
                       >> }

2009/3/20 Stefan Thomas <address@hidden>:
> Dear Kieren,
> I've provided a new (musically senseless) example. What makes me wondering:
> How it is possible, that the Metronome-mark is shown only in the
> top-staff? I wish, this would be possible also with the ritardando
> (which I don't need in the third Staff) and with the timesignature,
> which unfortunately disappaers in the second system.
> Is there a solution possible?
>
> 2009/3/20 Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden>:
>> Hi Stefan,
>>
>>> Because I have too many bar changes in the score
>>
>> There is no limit to the number of bar changes in my method.
>>
>>> and too many other things in the Time-Sig, like ritarrdando, etc.
>>
>> Those should be in a global variable as MetronomeMark (or at least
>> RehearsalMark), so that you can have them appear at the top of each system
>> (but not every staff) automatically.
>>
>>> Or is it maybee possible too hide the Staff, but not too hide the
>>> TimeSignature?
>>
>> Yes, although I don't think you need to do that (from what I've seen of your
>> score so far).
>>
>>> I don't know, how to do it in the below quoted example:
>>
>> It's not clear to me why you have a separate Staff context without any notes
>> in it -- perhaps you're trying to do this:
>>
>> %%%%%%%%%%%%
>> \version "2.12.1"
>>
>> \layout
>> {
>>        \context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext }
>>        \context { \Score \override TimeSignature #'style = #'() }
>>        \context { \Staff \override TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f }
>> }
>>
>> noten = \relative
>> {
>>        c2 c4 d
>>        e4 d e
>>        f1 \break
>>        d4 c d
>>        e1
>>        e4 f g a
>>        g f e2
>> }
>>
>> global =
>> {
>>        \repeat "unfold" 2 { \time 4/4 s1 \time 3/4 s2. }
>>        \time 4/4 s1*3
>> }
>>
>> \score
>> {
>>        \new Staff \with
>>        {
>>                \revert TimeSignature #'stencil
>>                \override TimeSignature #'font-size = #3
>>                \override TimeSignature #'X-extent = #'(0 . 0)
>>                \override TimeSignature #'Y-offset = #6
>>                \override TimeSignature #'break-align-symbol = #'staff-bar
>>                \override TimeSignature #'X-offset: =
>> #ly:self-alignment-interface::x-aligned-on-self
>>                \override TimeSignature #'self-alignment-X = #CENTER
>>                \override TimeSignature #'break-visibility =
>> #end-of-line-invisible
>>        }
>>        << \global \noten  >>
>> }
>> %%%%%%%%%%%%
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>> Kieren.
>>
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