Documentation/snippets/cross-staff-stems.ly


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% DO NOT EDIT this file manually; it is automatically
% generated from Documentation/snippets/new
% Make any changes in Documentation/snippets/new/
% and then run scripts/auxiliar/makelsr.py
%
% This file is in the public domain.
%% Note: this file works from version 2.16.0
\version "2.16.0"

\header {
  lsrtags = "staff-notation, tweaks-and-overrides, contexts-and-engravers"
  texidoc = "
This snippet shows the use of the @code{Span_stem_engraver}
and @code{\\crossStaff} to connect stems across staves automatically.
The stem length need not be specified, as the variable distance
between noteheads and staves is calculated automatically.
"
  doctitle = "Cross staff stems"
} % begin verbatim


\layout {
  \context {
    \PianoStaff
    \consists #Span_stem_engraver
  }
}

{
  \new PianoStaff <<
    \new Staff {
      <b d'>4 r d'16\> e'8. g8 r\!
      e'8 f' g'4 e'2
    }
    \new Staff {
      \clef bass
      \voiceOne
      \autoBeamOff
      \crossStaff { <e g>4 e, g16 a8. c8} d
      \autoBeamOn
      g8 f g4 c2
    }
  >>
}