Neil -- thanks for your response on this, sorry for my late reply. > I suggest starting the ossia stave at the beginning of the system, > hiding it until required. Then you can move the instrument name into > position using 'X-offset.
OK. :-) >> Second, how could I go about getting dotted barlines connecting the >> ossia staff to the one below or above it? > > If you place the main stave inside a StaffGroup, you can change the > default SpanBar using 'glyph-name. You'll need to shift it slightly > since it's aligned in relation to the left edge of the standard > barlines. This creates a bit of a problem because the main stave is _already_ within a StaffGroup, so the default barline style of the 'master' subgroup overrides (or overprints, rather...) the dashed barline. Asking to overcome that limitation is probably too much, but I can work around it by rejigging the groupings a bit. However, there is another issue -- 'glyph-name=#":" has a problem that when the staves are not spaced perfectly, there is a big gap between the stave and the beginning of the dots. Is there any other way of getting effective dotted or dashed between-stave barlines? I would have expected 'stencil to be the property to set, but can find no examples ... Thanks again, -- Joe _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user