Re: Removing bar connecting grouped staves

[Aaron Hill]

On 2020-10-17 12:53 pm, Gilberto Agostinho wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am trying to create a diagram using Lilypond and I would like to
> remove the vertical bar connecting a series of grouped staves. This is
> the bar that is in the left hand side of a score and runs through all
> staves, and where instrument names are normally written. Would it be
> possible to hide it somehow?
>
> Below is a minimal example:
>
> \version "2.19.82"
> \score {
>     <<
>         \new Staff {c'4 d' e' f'}
>         \new Staff {c'4. d'4. e'4}
>         \new Staff {c'2 d'2}
>     >>
>     \layout{
>         \omit Score.BarLine
>     }
> }
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/W3krqyTF/line.png
>
> The diagram I am creating has a complex rhythm and I am using a group
> of staves so that the rhythm of each line matches the one above, which
> is why I am trying to use this trick of grouping them and then hiding
> the connecting bar.

That's the SystemStartBar.

%%%%
\layout {
  \context {
    \Score
    \omit SystemStartBar
  }
}
%%%%


-- Aaron Hill