I think what was asked for was for the proportional spacing to be done based on
the stems position rather than the noteheads, with the result akin to this
horrible hack:
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up = { \change Staff = "up" \stemDown \temporary\override NoteColumn.X-offset =
#1 }
down = { \change Staff = "down" \stemUp \revert NoteColumn.X-offset }
\score {
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff = "up" {
\time 12/8
\clef bass
\new Voice { s1. }
}
\new Staff = "down" {
\override Beam.positions = #'( 6 . 6 )
\clef bass
\stemUp b8[ c' \up c' b]
\down b8[ \up c' b]
\down c'[ \up c']
\down b8 \up c' b
}
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Score
proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/12)
\override SpacingSpanner.uniform-stretching = ##t
}
}}
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> 30 maj 2023 kl. 12:41 skrev Jean Abou Samra <[email protected]>:
>
> Le lundi 29 mai 2023 à 10:45 +0200, Lib Lists a écrit :
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to reproduce the notation used in Ligeti's 'Der Zauberlehrling'
>> piano etude. See attached a fragment from the original and my attempt in
>> Lilypond.
>>
>> Everything works fine, except that I cannot find a way to reproduce the
>> proportional notation used by the original copist. It looks to me that the
>> proportional spacing was made according to the stems and not the noteheads,
>> because of the cross-staff notation (that's only partly true, as the first
>> four notes seems to be have a slightly bigger gap between the second and
>> third note, but that's a relatively minor detail).
>>
>> Here is my Lilypond file for the second bar of the original example. As you
>> can see, I tried to use the tools for proportional notation, but without
>> much success. Apologies for the long example, I thought this would be more
>> helpful than a smaller one.
>>
>> Any help would be really appreciated.
>>
> With
>
> \layout {
> \context {
> \Score
> proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/12)
> \override SpacingSpanner.uniform-stretching = ##t
> }
> }
>
> it looks quite OK, doesn't it?
>
> Jean
>
