Hi David, Thank you for your reply.
Your suggestion would indeed look neater. However, I am very restricted when it comes to space. This score will be used in a Christmas carol booklet I am making. I need the organ music and the chorus part together, not separate. Best regards, Eirik ________________________________ From: David Wright <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 1:56 AM To: Eirik B <[email protected]> Cc: Robin Bannister <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Sv: Print instrument name of staff whose empty section from the start was removed with RemoveAllEmptyStaves On Mon 15 Dec 2025 at 19:38:22 (+0000), Eirik B wrote: > Thank you very much, Robin. This is exactly what I was looking for. > > When trying to utilize this in a specific score where I needed this > indentation, it only works partially; The staff is indented as desired, but > the instrument name is not printed. I can't help you with this specific coding problem, except to say that I would treat your post as an X-Y problem, and recommend splitting your score into three LilyPond \scores. > I read the caveats The compensatory splicing caused by "severe fragmentation" (para.2) doesn't apply, because LP sets the individual scores separated only by a linebreak. (IMHO that would improve your score between vv 3 and 4, particularly for those singing from it.) There is another way of setting this, which would save paper, by printing a separate score (using \book) for the singers. Print vv1–2 conventionally on two staves (as you have done). After \newpage, print v3 on two treble staves (descant and unison voices) with the respective lyrics under each staff, then add the v4 lyrics underneath the (unison) v3 lyrics. The v3 dynamics are added to the music, above each part's staff as normal, but those for v4 are added underneath¹ the v4 lyrics. In this way, vv3–4 fit nicely on one page, on the back of vv1–2. ¹ to mix lyrics and dynamics, add this to the layout: \layout { \context { \Lyrics \consists Dynamic_engraver \consists Dynamic_align_engraver \override DynamicLineSpanner.direction = #DOWN } } but take care to write, eg, Kom,\p as one syllable, and not Kom, \p (two syllables), when mixing dynamics with lyrics. Cheers, David.
