Hi Peter,

On Thursday, 25 April 2024 09:44:56 EDT Peter Mayes wrote:
> What I want is for the second movement, on the second page, to have
> slightly increased vertical spacing between staves. (It has 32nd and
> even a few 64th notes, and just looks a little "bunched up" to my eyes.)
> 
> I can only see ways to set the vertical spacing globally in the \paper
> block.

You can indeed accomplish this, with a little bit of rearranging. \paper blocks 
can go a few 
different places, one of which is a \bookpart  And as \bookparts are by default 
separated 
by a page break, and you are (apparently) wanting a page break between the two 
movements, this is a bit of two birds, one stone thing here.

Basically, put each movement into it's own \bookpart. You can then give each 
movement 
it's own paper block, while still having a global paper block if you want one. 
The bookparts 
will also take care of the page break for you, so that can be removed. You'll 
end up with a 
structure something like:

\version "2.24.1"

\paper { global \paper settings }

FirstMovement = { ... }

\bookpart {
  \paper { \paper setting specific to the 1st movement }
  \score {
    \new Staff { \FirstMovement }
    \layout {}
  }
}

SecondMovement = { ... }

\bookpart {
  \paper { \paper setting specific to the 2nd movement }
  \score {
    \new Staff { \SecondMovement }
    \layout {}
  }
}

\bookpart sections can have their own \paper block, even their own \header 
blocks. For a 
bit more see:
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/multiple-scores-in-a-book[1]
-- 
Michael

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[1] 
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/multiple-scores-in-a-book

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