Left barline for one-line staff

[motet]

This might look better with the left barline and curly brace extending only up to the one-line staff when it's on the top. How to do that? The one-line staff is normally in the middle of the system.

[N Grossingink]

What is this for? Timpani, Triangle and Percussion? You might do better with a bracket rather than a brace, unless you're trying to duplicate older engraving. So far as extending the brace and barline, what you picture looks just fine to me.

N.

[motet]

You're right--the square bracket with curved ends looks better! I think I'll switch to that and leave it at that. Thanks!

This is an opera with timpani and percussion put into one part in case there's only one player (it which case, some things would need to be left out).

[John Ruggero]

It should be a bracket in any case, since it is a percussion score intended (preferably) for more than one player. A brace means that one player is definitely playing the various staves.

[motet]

You said "brace" twice. First one = bracket?

[zuill]

I don't recall ever having seen a brace used for multiple staves for a solo percussionist. I will have to check on this and report back. Brace for Marimba using 2 staves, yes.

Zuill

P.S.: All my checking shows brackets used for multi-percussion for a single player.

[motet]

Still not sure I understood John's post, but looking at some scores, I see some use curly braces to group identical instruments (Violin I and II braced together, horns braced together, trombones braced together, etc.). Others used square brackets for the same purpose. So I'm skeptical that they "mean" anything at all. Curly braces always on grand staves, though (keyboard, harp).

[John Ruggero]

Sorry for the confusion, Motet. As you suspected, I meant bracket the first time and corrected the earlier post.

Gould explains the modern use of bracket vs brace on page 514-516 and the older use of a brace for like instruments i.e. Vlns 1-2 which she advises against.