Display bracket with only one staff in a system
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If there is only one staff in a ChoirStaff or StaffGroup context, the bracket and the starting bar line will not be displayed by default. This can be changed by setting the collapse-height property to a value less than the number of staff lines in the staff.
Note that in contexts such as PianoStaff and GrandStaff where the systems begin with a brace instead of a bracket, another property has to be set, as shown on the second system in the example.
\version "2.24"
\score {
\new StaffGroup <<
% Must be lower than the actual number of staff lines
\override StaffGroup.SystemStartBracket.collapse-height = 4
\override Score.SystemStartBar.collapse-height = 4
\new Staff {
c'1
}
>>
}
\score {
\new PianoStaff <<
\override PianoStaff.SystemStartBrace.collapse-height = 4
\override Score.SystemStartBar.collapse-height = 4
\new Staff {
c'1
}
>>
}