James Harkins-2 wrote > What is the magical incantation to turn on proportional spacing in the > middle of a score, and then turn it off again? > > The following is not successful in lp 2.16. Two measures are produced, > and they both use classical spacing. I would have expected the spacing > to be visibly different after setting the proportional spacing > properties. > > \version "2.16.1" > music = \relative c'' { \repeat unfold 2 { c4 c16 c c c } } > > \score { > \new Staff { > \music > \newSpacingSection > \set proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 16) > \override Score.SpacingSpanner #'uniform-stretching = ##t > \override Score.SpacingSpanner #'strict-note-spacing = ##t > \music > } > } > > One section of my current piece features aleatoric cadenza-like > passages for two instruments, and the classical spacing does not look > good here. But classical spacing is exactly right for the rest of the > piece.
try \override Score.SpacingSpanner #'shortest-duration-space = #16 instead of \set proportionalNotationDuration = but don't ask me why! Eluze -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Use-proportional-spacing-for-a-section-in-a-score-tp143550p143554.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user