[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > If applied on a ChoirStaff, this does not show any effect. On a > StaffGroup, however, the barlines start slightly below the first staff > (Is the y dimension of the StaffContext too big? Or is there another > implicit context between the StaffContext and the LyricsContext that > I am not aware of?), and they stop even below the lowermost staff The ref point of a lyrics line is on the base line of the staff. The bar lines are centered around that point. > only be invisible *between* the staffs, i.e. on the first *three* > LyricsContexts). So, this does not help me very much. > > Then I got the idea to try > \property Voice.Bar \override #'transparent = ##t > within each StaffContext, but this also does not show any effect. > The Grob is called BarLine. I have trouble envisioning what you want exactly. Can you demonstrate it with an example? I have this, is that roughly what you want? \header { texidoc = "You can move around Bar_engraver and Span_bar_engraver if you want bar lines on lyrics." } \score { \notes \relative c' \context StaffGroup = groupie < \context Staff = SA { c1 c1 c1} \context Lyrics \lyrics < { bla1 die bla } { foo bar foo } { foo bar foo } > \context Staff = SB { c1 c1 c1} > \paper { \translator { \LyricsVoiceContext \consists Bar_engraver % need procedure, since lyrics doesn't have a staff_sym engraver. BarLine \override #'bar-size-procedure = #(lambda (x) 3.0) } \translator { \LyricsContext \consists "Span_bar_engraver" } \translator{ \StaffGroupContext \remove "Span_bar_engraver" } }} -- Han-Wen Nienhuys | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/ _______________________________________________ Gnu-music-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-music-discuss