Re: Ossia-like scordatura positioning question

[Menu Jacques]

Thanks David, I had missed that.

A nice day!

JM

> Le 23 mai 2018 à 00:49, David Kastrup <address@hidden> a écrit :
> 
> 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
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