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2.17 Piano staves

Piano music is typeset in two staves connected by a brace. Printing such a staff is similar to the polyphonic example in More staves,

<< \new Staff { ... }
   \new Staff { ... } >>

but now this entire expression must be interpreted as a PianoStaff

\new PianoStaff << \new Staff ... >>

Here is a small example

     \new PianoStaff <<
       \new Staff { \time 2/4 c4 c g' g }
       \new Staff { \clef bass c,, c' e c }
     >>

[image of music]

More information on formatting piano music is given in Piano music.

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