Re: staff order

[Ralph Palmer]

On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 9:29 AM sean read <address@hidden> wrote:

I'm trying to make my first multi staff lilypond file and finding that I can't figure out how to control the order of the staves. When I use

\version "2.14.1"

\score {

\new StaffGroup <<

\new staff {

\key ees \major g''2 f8 g8~ |  

}

\new staff {

\key ees \major aes'8 ees'8 c'2 | 

}

>>

}

The output always has the staff at the bottom on the top, but then when I move that staff to the top it is still on the top!

How to I explicitly define the order of staves?

Hi, Sean -

I don't know if it's "standard practice", but I always put my individual staves into separate "functions" (is that right?), then combine them, as :

%%%%%%%%%%%%

\version "2.19.81"
Right =
\relative c' {
  \clef treble
  \key g \major
  \time 4/4

  a4 b c d |
}

Left =
\relative c' {
  \clef bass
  \key g \major
  \time 4/4

  d4 c b a |
}

\score {
  \new GrandStaff <<
    \new Staff \Right  
    \new Staff \Left  
  >>
  \layout {}
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

HTH.

All the best,

Ralph

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Ralph Palmer
Brattleboro, VT
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