Working on a 11x17 Wind Ensemble piece, the conductor has requested that each of the 31 staves on each system be forced to appear in exactly the same vertical position on each page so that he can read straight across any 2 open pages.
#(set-global-staff-size 12)
\paper{
top-margin = 1\cm
bottom-margin = 1\cm
left-margin = 3\cm
right-margin = 2\cm
ragged-last-bottom = ##f
#(set-paper-size "11x17")
}
...
\score {
<<
...
\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff { \include "HideBarNumbers.ly" \include "Perc1.ly" }
\new Staff { \include "HideBarNumbers.ly" \include "Perc2.ly" }
\new Staff { \include "HideBarNumbers.ly" \include "Perc3.ly" }
\new Staff { \include "HideBarNumbers.ly" \include "Perc4.ly" }
\new Staff { \include "HideBarNumbers.ly" \include "Perc5.ly" }
>>
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Score
\remove "Bar_number_engraver"
\remove "Metronome_mark_engraver"
\remove "Mark_engraver"
\remove "Staff_collecting_engraver"
}
\context {
\Staff
\consists "Bar_number_engraver"
\consists "Metronome_mark_engraver"
\consists "Mark_engraver"
\consists "Staff_collecting_engraver"
}
%{ \context {
\Score
\override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'line-break-system-details =
#'((Y-offset . 0)
(allignment-distances . (5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5)))
}%}
\context {
\Staff
\override VerticalAxisGroup #'default-staff-staff-spacing =
#'((basic-distance . 5)
(minimum-distance . 5)
(padding . 0)
(stretchability . 0))
}
}
}
\version "2.16.0"