On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 at 20:18, Jin Choi <j...@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > I have a passage of piano music with a lot of kneed beams between the staves, and there’s too few objects above the bass staff to force enough space. How can I increase the default spacing between the treble and bass parts of the piano staff?
Hello, Add \layout { \context { \PianoStaff \override StaffGrouper.staff-staff-spacing.basic-distance = #12 } } See explanations in NR 4.4.1 Flexible vertical spacing within systems > Spacing of grouped staves https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/spacing-of-grouped-staves Cheers, Xavier -- Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com>