Re: [Denemo-devel] Partially blank staff

[Richard Shann]

On Mon, 2019-02-18 at 12:54 +0000, Joe Wilkinson wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> 
> If I have a piece of music with a harmony part only in the second
> half 
> of the piece, is it possible to have the staff for that part only in
> the 
> second half (so that there isn't a blank staff for half the piece?)
> 
> I tried Directives Typesetter (Print) Start Drawing Staff again, and
> it 
> worked but did put a staff at the beginning of each blank line (not 
> therefore conserving space).

Command: Hide Empty Staffs (Off/On)
Controls whether staffs containing only rests are printed in the
current movement. All staffs are printed on the first system (line)
thereafter any staff that has only rests for a entire system is
dropped. Use this in large scores to fit more systems per page.
Location: Object Menu ▶ Movements ▶ Typesetter
Internal Name: HideEmptyStaffs

There is another bit of LilyPond syntax to hide an empty staff on the
first system (this command puts in

\layout {
 \context { \Staff \RemoveEmptyStaves } 
}

to the Movement directives (see Edit->Movement Properties) there's
something in the LilyPond docs about how to hide the staff on the first
system. (This one is for those orchestral scores where the conductor
wants to see all the instruments that may turn up later in the piece on
the first page and thereafter only when they are playing).

Richard



> 
> I'm sure it is possible.
> 
> Joe
>