It looks like the topmost voice (the one that starts with a d-sharp) is
missing a duration.  It should have a 4 after it.

\insert is actually \include, and these are much better to use if you can.
If you look at a previous reply of mine, I outline how you might use them.

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Knute Snortum



On Sat, Aug 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM Dirck Nagy <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Lilypond
>
> I am putting together a book of 6 short preludes.  Each was originally
> engraved as a separate file.
>
> When I copy the files into bookparts, one of the files has changed music
> spacing.  The other pieces seem OK.
>
> FYI, I am copying and pasting the elements of the score into the
> bookparts, because I havent figured out how to use \insert yet.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas where I should look to find the problem?  I
> would be happy to send the files, but they are a thousand lines of code.
>
> I already tried setting the default paper size at the beginning of the
> book.  Is there a "page margins" setting somewhere that could be affecting
> this?
>
>

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