Using StaffGroup was already a first step, thank you. Now I am still worried about lyrics clashing with bar lines as in the following example:
\version "2.11.32" global = { \set Score.skipBars = ##t \key c\major \time 2/2 \override NoteHead #'style = #'neomensural \override Voice.Rest #'style = #'neomensural \override Score.BarLine #'transparent = ##t } cantusNotes = \relative c'' { \set Staff.instrumentName = "Cantus" \clef "petrucci-c1" g1 fis2 g a4 e g1 fis2 g1 \once \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f \bar "|" e2 a1 gis2 a b c1 \once \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f \bar "|" } cantusLyrics = \lyricmode { \override LyricText #'font-size = #-1 I Lift mine eyes to Si -- on Hill, from whence I doe at -- tend, } altusNotes = \relative c' { \set Staff.instrumentName = "Altus" \clef "petrucci-c3" d1 d2 d e2. d4 d2. c4 b1 \once \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f \bar "|" r2 e2 e e2. fis4 g2 g1 \once \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f \bar "|" } altusLyrics = \lyricmode { \override LyricText #'font-size = #-1 I Lift mine eyes to Si -- on Hill, from whence I doe at -- tend, } tenorNotes = \relative c'{ \set Staff.instrumentName = "Tenor" \clef "petrucci-c4" g1 a2 g c b a a g1 \once \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f \bar "|" c1 c2 b c d e1 \once \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f \bar "|" } tenorLyrics = \lyricmode { \override LyricText #'font-size = #-1 I Lift mine eyes to Si -- on Hill, from whence I doe at -- tend, } bassusNotes = \relative c { \set Staff.instrumentName = "Bassus" \clef "petrucci-f4" g1 d'2 b a g d' d g,1 \once \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f \bar "|" a1 e'2 e a g c,1 \once \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##f \bar "|" } bassusLyrics = \lyricmode { \override LyricText #'font-size = #-1 I Lift mine eyes to Si -- on Hill, from whence I doe at -- tend, } \score { \new StaffGroup = choirStaff << \new Voice = "cantusNotes" << \global \cantusNotes >> \new Lyrics = "cantusLyrics" \lyricsto cantusNotes {\cantusLyrics} \new Voice = "altusNotes" << \global \altusNotes >> \new Lyrics = "altusLyrics" \lyricsto altusNotes {\altusLyrics} \new Voice = "tenorNotes" << \global \tenorNotes >> \new Lyrics = "tenorLyrics" \lyricsto tenorNotes {\tenorLyrics} \new Voice = "bassusNotes" << \global \bassusNotes >> \new Lyrics = "bassusLyrics" \lyricsto bassusNotes {\bassusLyrics} >> \layout { \context { \Score \consists "Span_bar_engraver"} } } The same problem arose when I substituted "StaffGroup" with "ChoirStaff", and it is obviously even worse in pieces with Breve bars instead of Verse bars. Where am I wrong? erminia -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Spanning-bar-lines-in-mensural-notation-tf4798291.html#a13878731 Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user