Re: Are these brackets alongside a staff group possible?

[Ben]

On 7/4/2019 10:30 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:

Hi Ben,

How would you suggest I go about creating the bracket markings that separate big sections, like in a piece with two orchestras or similar?

Create a custom StaffGroup context.

ideally I'd prefer the circle symbol in the bracket to always be centered alongside the staff group

The InstrumentName is center-able — override it.  =)

Hope that helps!
Kieren.

Hey Kieren!

Thanks for getting me started. I did consider going the path of custom StaffGroup context but didn't understand how to get a circle symbol to actually intersect the bracket as in the attached image, centered.

Are you suggesting that I make the "instrument name" a circle symbol? :) Hmm, that sounds like magic to me...hehe.

At the moment I'm still trying to see how I can create the bracket itself, then I'll tackle the middle symbol I guess.

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/internals/staffgroup