5.15.1 System start delimiters

Polyphonic scores consist of many staves. These staves can be constructed in three different ways

• The group is started with a brace at the left, and bar lines are connected. This is done with the GrandStaff (lilypond-internals) context.

            \new GrandStaff
            \relative <<
              \new Staff { c1 c }
              \new Staff { c c }
            >>
       

  

• The group is started with a bracket, and bar lines are connected. This is done with the StaffGroup (lilypond-internals) context

            \new StaffGroup
            \relative <<
              \new Staff { c1 c }
              \new Staff { c c }
            >>
       

  

• The group is started with a vertical line. Bar lines are not connected. This is the default for the score.

            \relative <<
              \new Staff { c1 c }
              \new Staff { c c }
            >>
       

  

See also

The bar lines at the start of each system are SystemStartBar (lilypond-internals) , SystemStartBrace (lilypond-internals) , and SystemStartBracket (lilypond-internals) . Only one of these types is created in every context, and that type is determined by the property systemStartDelimiter.