RE: Reduced fontsize when using partcombine

[Trevor Daniels]

Kieren

That works wonderfully!  Many thanks.  I'd not appreciated the power of
\with, even though I'd already used it to reduce the distance between the
staves.  At least I learned a lot trying!

Trevor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kieren MacMillan [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: 26 August 2006 19:16
>
> Hi, Trevor:
>
> > Is there a way to reduce _all_ the notes in a partcombined staff in
> > a simpler way
>
> This is what I do:
>
>               \new PianoStaff = "reduction"
>                       \with
>                       {
>                               fontSize = #-2
>                               \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space
> = #(magstep -2)
>                               \override VerticalAlignment
> #'forced-distance = #8
>                       }
>               <<
>                       \new Staff = "redUpper" << \global \redNotesUpper >>
>                       \new Staff = "redLower" << \global \redNotesLower >>
>               >>
>
> That way, everything that appears in the "reduction" PianoStaff (or
> its component Staff contexts) is reduced in size.
>
> Hope this helps!
> Kieren.
>
>