Layout

\accolade

Description

Name Variants Type Notation element
\accolade \accol P accolades grouping staves

Parameters

Name Type Description Default value Optional
id integer an identification number none false
range string the accolade range none false
type string straightBrace, standard, curlyBrace, thinBrace or none standard true
  • the accolade range describes the staves covered by the accolade. It's a string in the form "n-m" or "n", where 'n' and 'm' are staves indexes (starting from 1)
  • straightBrace and standard are equivalent

See the Barlines example.


\newPage

Description

Name Variants Type Notation element
\newPage \newSystem P force a page break

See the Bach example.


\newLine

Description

Name Variants Type Notation element
\newLine \newSystem P force a line break

See the notes example.
See the Bartok example.


\pageFormat

Description

Name Variants Type Notation element
\pageFormat P sets the page format

The \pageFormat tag indicates the score page format. It should be set at the beginning of the first staff. When no page format is encountered, the default page format is 21cm x 29.6 (A4) and the margins are set to 2 cm.

Parameters

Name Type Description Default value Optional
type string A4, A3 or letter none false when w and h are not present
w unit the page width none false when type is not present
h unit the page height none false when type is not present
lm unit the left margin size 2cm true
tm unit the top margin size 5cm true
rm unit the right margin size 2cm true
bm unit the bottom margin size 3cm true

See the Layout example.


\staff

Description

Name Variants Type Notation element
\staff P set staff assignment

Parameters

Name Type Description Default value Optional
id integer a staff index none false
dy unit set the distance to the next staff none false

'id' indicates a staff index (starting from 1). All the elements between a \staff tag and the next one (or the end of the voice) are assigned to the staff designated by id.

See the 4 voices example.


\staffFormat

Description

Name Variants Type Notation element
\staffFormat P sets the staff format

Parameters

Name Type Description Default value Optional
style string a style string in the form 'n-lines' or 'TAB' 5-lines true
lineThickness float the staff lines thickness 0.08 true
distance unit sets a fixed distance to the preceding staff 0hs true

The "TAB" style is intended to display tablatures, it is similar to style="6-lines", size=1.35

Note: the \staffFormat tag supports common parameters but dx has no effect.

See the Layout example.


\staffOff

Description

Name Variants Type Notation element
\staffOff P hides the staff

The \staffOff tag effect is to hide the staff and all the staff elements up to the next \staffOn tag.

The \staffOn and \staffOff tags are still experimental and may not provide the expected result depending on the context.

See the Layout example.


\staffOn

Description

Name Variants Type Notation element
\staffOn P cancel the effect of \staffOff

The \staffOn and \staffOff tags are still experimental and may not provide the expected result depending on the context.

See the Layout example.


\systemFormat

Description

Name Variants Type Notation element
\systemFormat P sets the system format

Parameters

Name Type Description Default value Optional
dx unit set an horizontal offset to the first system 0hs true

Note: the \systemFormat tag supports common parameters but only dx has an effect.

See the Mozart example.