This is a fortuitous thread for me.
On 11 November 2011 05:14, paul <paul.malc...@anu.edu.au> wrote:
>
snip
> Each time I attempt to control the vertical spacing, nothing
> happens.
> The music I have typeset has too much spacing in between
> the staves.
I am in the same boat as Paul.
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 11:15:08AM +0100, Xavier Scheuer wrote:
> No, system-system-spacing is for the spacing between the systems, and
> as far as I understand your request you have a system consisitng of
> several ungrouped staves (i.e. not contained within a StaffGroup, etc.)
> and want to change the spacing between these staves, right?
>
> In this case you should change, in the \layout block, the properties
> default-staff-staff-spacing (or staff-staff-spacing) of Staff's
> VerticalAxisGroup.
>
> \layout {
> \context {
> \Staff
> \override VerticalAxisGroup #'default-staff-staff-spacing =
> #'((basic-distance . 8)
> (minimum-distance . 7)
> (padding . 1))
> }
> }
>
> This is explained in the notation manual, NR 4.4.1 Flexible vertical
> spacing within systems > Spacing of ungrouped staves
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacing-within-systems.html#spacing-of-ungrouped-staves
I also have too much spacing between my staves, and have not
found a functional example of how to change the spacing either
direction (better or worse). The example below attempts to put a
huge amount of space between the staves, but fails to effect any
change.
Once this spacing is sorted, I will be adding a third ChordNames
staff above the rhythmic staff. Can the spacing between the top
and middle staves be controlled independently of the spacing
between the middle and bottom staves?
A small scanned sample of what I am trying to emulate is here:
http://umpquanet.com/james/staff-rhythm-chords.jpg
The next to-do item for my test exercise below will be to turn
off the engraver that produces the centerline through the rhythm
staff. And I presume the line at left connecting the staves
appears because the staves are in the same (implicit) StaffGroup?
So if I ungroup my staves to get rid of the line at left, will my
vertical rhythmic alignments remain accurate? Time and trial
will tell, I guess.
Lastly, if this approach to emulating the sample is not the most
direct, I'd appreciate any guidance that anyone might have to
offer.
Thank you!
Jim
\version "2.14.2"
\paper {
% annotate-spacing = ##t
}
Rhythms = \relative c' { r4 a4 r4 a8 a8 ~ a2 r }
Melody = \relative c'' { g4 c a f ~ f1 }
\score {
<<
\new RhythmicStaff {
\set fontSize = #-7
\override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #(magstep -3)
\override Staff.BarLine #'stencil = ##f
\override Staff.TimeSignature #'transparent = ##t
\stemUp
\override NoteHead #'style = #'slash
\Rhythms
}
\new Staff {
\key f \major
\clef treble
\time 4/4
\Melody
}
>>
\layout {
indent=0
\context {
\Staff
% Can the spacing of the Melody and Rhythm staves be controlled?
% Will this cause them to be very widely separated?
\override VerticalAxisGroup #'staff-staff-spacing =
#'((basic-distance . 50)
(minimum-distance . 20)
(padding . 100))
} % context
} % layout
} % score
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