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<p>Created page with &quot;If you want to label a group of instruments (staves, voices), you can draw lines to create your own shapes that mimic the appearance of the square brackets used by the &lt;code&gt;SystemStartSquare&lt;/code&gt; system start delimiter (see [https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/displaying-staves#grouping-staves “Grouping staves” in the Notation Reference]). Adjust the numerical values in the &lt;code&gt;\score&lt;/code&gt; block below as needed for your score. &lt;lilypond vers...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>If you want to label a group of instruments (staves, voices), you can draw lines to create your own shapes that mimic the appearance of the square brackets used by the &lt;code&gt;SystemStartSquare&lt;/code&gt; system start delimiter (see [https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/displaying-staves#grouping-staves “Grouping staves” in the Notation Reference]). Adjust the numerical values in the &lt;code&gt;\score&lt;/code&gt; block below as needed for your score.<br /> <br /> &lt;lilypond version=&quot;2.24&quot;&gt;<br /> %%% Approach suggested by Kieren MacMillan in<br /> %% https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2026-01/msg00293.html<br /> choirI = \new Staff \with {<br /> instrumentName = &quot;Choir I&quot;<br /> } { \repeat unfold 48 c&#039;&#039; }<br /> <br /> sopII = \new Staff \with {<br /> instrumentName = &quot;Soprano II&quot;<br /> } { \repeat unfold 48 g&#039; }<br /> <br /> altoII = \new Staff \with {<br /> instrumentName = &quot;Alto II&quot;<br /> } { \repeat unfold 48 e&#039; }<br /> <br /> tenorII = \new Staff \with {<br /> instrumentName = &quot;Tenor II&quot;<br /> } { \clef &quot;treble_8&quot; \repeat unfold 48 c&#039; }<br /> <br /> bassII = \new Staff \with {<br /> instrumentName = &quot;Bass II&quot;<br /> } { \clef bass \repeat unfold 48 c }<br /> <br /> \layout {<br /> indent = 30<br /> }<br /> <br /> \score {<br /> &lt;&lt;<br /> \new StaffGroup \with {<br /> \override InstrumentName.padding = #-2<br /> instrumentName = \markup {<br /> \hspace #-12.6<br /> \rotate #90 \override #&#039;(baseline-skip . 1) \center-column {<br /> \bold Decani<br /> \concat { \draw-line #&#039;(0 . -1) \draw-line #&#039;(4 . 0) \draw-line #&#039;(0 . -1) }<br /> }<br /> }<br /> } \choirI<br /> \new StaffGroup \with {<br /> \override InstrumentName.padding = #-2<br /> instrumentName = \markup \translate #&#039;(-9.5 . 0) {<br /> \hspace #-14<br /> \rotate #90 \override #&#039;(baseline-skip . 1) \center-column {<br /> \bold Cantoris<br /> \concat { \draw-line #&#039;(0 . -1) \draw-line #&#039;(29.5 . 0) \draw-line #&#039;(0 . -1) }<br /> }<br /> }<br /> }<br /> &lt;&lt;<br /> \sopII<br /> \altoII<br /> \tenorII<br /> \bassII<br /> &gt;&gt;<br /> &gt;&gt;<br /> }<br /> &lt;/lilypond&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Staff notation]]<br /> [[Category:Text]]<br /> [[Category:Vocal music]]<br /> [[Category:Snippet]]</div>

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