Michael Rivers <michaeljrivers <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Here is the 28th bar of an etude by Rachmaninoff:
> What would be the best way of fixing this output? The space between the
> staves is fine for all but this system and one other with the same problem.
>
Probably you know already that LilyPond usually spaces the staves first,
and then decides where the beam would best go (here, they would go above).
But if the upper-staff notes need to be voiceTwo, so the stems go down,
LilyPond runs out of options about where to fit the beam, and is not
smart enough to re-set the staff-spacing.
So we need to help LilyPond plan ahead, and reserve some space for the
beam, preferably using something local.
I have had difficulty finding a solution that works in different versions
of LilyPond. A text markup on the last note /before/ the staff-crossings
_\markup\pad-around #1.5 \transparent "space for beam"
works in your case. If you put the markup on a note in the cross-staff
beam, though, LilyPond moves it out from between the staves.
If there is a Dynamics between the staves, that might be a convenient place
to put a transparent markup where we need space.
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