Re: Ossia-like scordatura positioning question

[David Kastrup]

Menu Jacques <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello folks,
>
> This is similar to an ossia, aiming at showing the scordatura graphically.
>
> I don’t understand why the \new Staff shows up below the staff
> containing c’4, and not above it, which would be better I think.

LilyPond has no reason to create new staves _above_ existing staves.  It
would most certainly _not_ be generally better.

You can easily write

\new Staff \with { alignAboveContext = "P_POne_Staff_One" } ...

to change this.  It's what you'd do in ossia contexts too.

> \version "2.19"
>
> P_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One = \relative {
>
>   \key c \major
>   \time 4/4
>   \clef "treble"
>
>   <<
>     \new Staff {
>       \hide Staff.Stem
>       \hide Staff.TimeSignature
>       \tiny
>       <c' g f'>4^\markup {\bold "Scordatura"}
>     }
>     {
>       c'4
>     }
>   >>
>   \bar "|."
> }
>
> \score {
>   <<
>     \new Staff = "P_POne_Staff_One"
>     <<
>       \context Voice = "P_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One" <<
>         \P_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One
>       >>
>     >>
>   >>
>
>   \layout {}
> }

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David Kastrup