Re: Help with String Orchestra Template Please

[Simon Albrecht]

Hi Ben,

your approach does work. It can be simplified quite a bit, mainly by 
using shortInstrumentName and \RemoveAllEmptyStaves, and not using 
keepAliveInterfaces, which you don’t even need. See ben-divisi.ly.

On 05.10.19 03:08, Ben wrote:
> I didn't know if I should create the divisi staffgroups at the start 
> of the piece and then hide it until it's needed, or just use it on the 
> fly as needed (which is what I did here).


I think it’s more ‘messy’ and complicated creating them on the fly. I’d 
much rather keep one of them filled with music throughout, have the 
others quote that, and make full use of the keepAliveInterfaces 
approach. In all but the most complicated cases one won’t really need 
meddling with instrumentNames, which also removes the need to meddle 
with manual breaks. But of course that’s also possible—see 
demo-string-divisi.ly.

Best, Simon

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