PianoStaff

Just like GrandStaff but with minVerticalAlign set equal to maxVerticalAlign so that interstaff beaming and slurring can be used.

This context is also known as:

GrandStaff

This context creates the following grobs:

This context sets the following properties:

Set translator property instr to '()
Set translator property instrument to '()
Set grob-property self-alignment-Y in VerticalAlignment to 0
Set grob-property forced-distance in VerticalAlignment to 12
Set translator property verticalAlignmentChildCallback to Align_interface::fixed_distance_alignment_callback
Set translator property systemStartDelimiter to 'SystemStartBrace
Set translator property localKeySignature to '()

Context PianoStaff can contain Staff

This context is built from the following engravers:

Engraver_group_engraver

A group of engravers taken together

Instrument_name_engraver

Prints the name of the instrument (specified by Staff.instrument and Staff.instr) at the left of the staff.

Properties (read)

instr (markup): see instrument
instrument (markup): If Instrument_name_engraver is added to the Staff translator, then the instrument property is used to label the first line of the staff and the instr property is used to label subsequent lines. If the midiInstrument property is not set, then instrument is used to determine the instrument for MIDI output.

This engraver creates the following grobs: InstrumentName.

Vertical_align_engraver

Catch Vertical axis groups and stack them.

This engraver creates the following grobs: VerticalAlignment.

System_start_delimiter_engraver

Creates a system start delimiter (ie. SystemStart{Bar,Brace,Bracket} spanner

Properties (read)

systemStartDelimiter (symbol): Which grob to make for the start of the system/staff?

This engraver creates the following grobs: SystemStartBar, SystemStartBrace and SystemStartBracket.

Span_arpeggio_engraver

Properties (read)

connectArpeggios (boolean): If set, connect all arpeggios that are found. In this way, you can make arpeggios that cross staves.

This engraver creates the following grobs: Arpeggio.

Span_bar_engraver

This engraver makes cross-staff barlines: It catches all normal bar lines, and draws a single span-bar across them.

This engraver creates the following grobs: SpanBar.

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