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Node:Automatic staff changes, Next:Manual staff switches, Up:Piano music
Automatic staff changes
Voices can switch automatically between the top and the bottom
staff. The syntax for this is
\autochange contexttype musicexpThis will switch the interpretation context of musicexp between a contexttype named
up and down. Typically, you use
Staff
for contexttype. The autochanger switches on basis
of pitch (central C is the turning point), and it looks ahead skipping
over rests to switch rests in advance.
\score { \notes \context PianoStaff <
\context Staff = "up" {
\autochange Staff \context Voice = VA < \relative c' {
g4 a b c d r4 a g } > }
\context Staff = "down" {
\clef bass
s1*2
} > }
![[picture of music]](lily-1863056780.png)
Note how spacer rests are used to prevent the bottom staff from terminating too soon.
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