Re: layout problem

[Timothy Lanfear]

On 12/05/2024 12:41, Archer Endrich wrote:

> Hello,
>       
>       
>       I've been given a short item to realise in Lilypond and it
>       includes a layout problem that I haven't been able to solve.
>       
>       
>       Basically, it is a piano piece in which, after a bit, a part for
>       chimes is added:  i.e., another staff above the piano's treble
>       part a few bars in as in my MWE.  I have tried to do this as an
>       ossia staff in testlayoutB.ly  but it produces the result
>       testlayoutB.pdf which starts the chimes part at the beginning of
>       the example, not where I want it to start.
>       
>       
>

Label your staves and use alignAboveContext (or alignBelowContext) to position the new staff relative to an existing staff. 

\version  "2.24.0"

\header {
  title = "Test Layout"
}

chimes = {
  \once \omit Staff.TimeSignature
  \once \omit Staff.Clef
  \stopStaff
  s1^\markup \italic "Some text here"
  \startStaff
  \clef "treble" i\time 3/4 bes'2\mp 4
}

\new PianoStaff
<<
  \new Staff="RH" {
    \time 4/4
    \clef "treble"
    \repeat unfold 2 {d'2 f'2 | g'2 bes'2 | }
    <<
      { R1 \stopStaff s2.^\markup \wordwrap { \italic \small "A lot more more text placed in here" } }
      \new Staff \with { alignAboveContext="RH" } { \chimes }
    >>
  }
    
  \new Staff="LH" {
    \time 4/4
    \clef "bass"
    \repeat unfold 20 {g,8[ g,]}
    \time 3/4
    \repeat unfold 12 {g,8[ g,]}
  }
>>

-- 
Timothy Lanfear, Bristol, UK.