Re: How to control ordering of staves?

[Jonathan Kulp]

aliteralmind wrote:
> Here's an image of what I keep getting:
>
> http://jeffyepstein.com/tmp/staves_bad.gif
>
> I'm trying to get the "clap" staff above the "voice" staff. Can someone
> please help me understand how to control the ordering of staves? (I only
> want the clap staff to appear for the first measure.)
>
> This is what I'm trying to get:
>
> http://jeffyepstein.com/tmp/staves_good.gif
>
>
> Below is my LY code. Thank you for helping.

Your \score block just needed a bit of tweaking.  I also took the \new 
Staff command out of the clap variable and put it in the \score block. 
Here's revised code.  The output looks like what you want:

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\version "2.12.2"

clap =  \relative c'' {
   \time 24/8
   \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Clap"
        \teeny
        \override NoteHead #'style = #'cross
        r4. b8 r4 r4. b8 r4 r4. b8^"Repeat throughout" r4 r4. b8 r4 |  }

bla = \relative c'' {
   \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Voice"
   \time 24/8
   \tempo 4.=80
   \override NoteHead #'style = #'cross
   \repeat volta 2 {  b4. r b4. r b4. r4 b8^\markup {
           \italic \left-column \small  {
                  \line{  Quiet first time  }
        \line{  Loud second time  } } }~ b4. r4. |  }
   \repeat volta 2 {  b4 b8 b4 b8 b4. b b b4 b8~ b4. r4. |  }
}


verseOne = \lyricmode {
  Bla bloo bla bloo bla dee bla dee bla dee bla dee bla.
}

\score {
   <<
      \context Staff = "Clap" \with {
        \override StaffSymbol #'line-count = #1
      }
      <<
          \context Voice = "clap staff" { \clap }
      >>
      \context Staff = "Bla" <<
          \context Voice = "bla" { \bla }
          \new Lyrics \lyricsto "bla" { \verseOne }
      >>
   >>
   \layout { }
   \midi { }
}

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