Re: Rotated StaffGroup InstrumentName?

[Jan-Peter Voigt]

Hi Andrew,

you might try something like this:

\new StaffGroup = "Staff_soloists" \with {
  \consists "Instrument_name_engraver"
  instrumentName = \markup \rotate #90 "Solo"
} <<
...
>>

HTH
Jan-Peter

Am 28.01.19 um 15:38 schrieb N. Andrew Walsh:
> Hi List,
> 
> quick general question:
> 
> if I have a StaffGroup, like this in my score:
> ----------------------------------
> \new StaffGroup = "Staff_soloists"
>     <<
>       \new Staff = "Staff_oboe_solo" <<
>           \global \exTwoOboeMusic
>         >>
>       \new Staff = "Staff_guitar_solo" <<        
>         \global \exTwoGuitarMusic
>       >>
>       \new StaffGroup = "Staff_percussion_solo" \with {
>         systemStartDelimiter = #'SystemStartSquare
>         instrumentName = #"Perc. Solo"
>         shortInstrumentName = #"S.Prc."
>       }
>       <<
>         \new Staff = "percSoloOneUpper" <<
>           \global \exTwoPercSoloOneMusicUpper 
>         >>
>         \new Staff = "percSoloOneLower" <<
>           \global \exTwoPercSoloOneMusicLower 
>         >>
>       >>
> 
>        \new Staff = "exTwoCbsSolo" <<
>           \global \exTwoBassSoloMusic
>         >>
>     >>
> -----------------------------------------------
> Is there a way to put the group InstrumentName for that whole group, but
> rotated 90°? This is something that would be useful, for example, in a
> piece for orchestra with both chorus and soloists, or a concerto with
> more than one soloist (in this case, these are four soloists within a
> larger ensemble. The content is in a separate file, triggered by the
> variables, and \global defining Staff settings).
> 
> What I would like would be for the toplevel StaffGroup "Staff_soloists"
> to have a name, rotated 90° and extending to the left of the individual
> instrument names. Is there any way to do that?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> A
> 
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