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4.3.1 Staff symbol

Notes, dynamic signs, etc. are grouped with a set of horizontal lines, into a staff (plural `staves'). In our system, these lines are drawn using a separate layout object called staff symbol.

This object is created whenever a Staff (lilypond-internals) context is created. The appearance of the staff symbol cannot be changed by using \override or \set. At the moment that \property Staff is interpreted, a Staff (lilypond-internals) context is made, and the StaffSymbol (lilypond-internals) is created before any \override is effective. Properties can be changed in a \translator definition, or by using \applyoutput.

Bugs

If a staff is ended halfway a piece, the staff symbol may not end exactly on the barline.

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