These snippets illustrate the Notation Reference, section Spacing issues.
This snippet shows how to bring the lyrics line closer to the staff.
% Default layout: << \new Staff \new Voice = melody \relative c' { c4 d e f g4 f e d c1 } \new Lyrics \lyricsto melody { aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa } % Reducing the minimum space below the staff and above the lyrics: \new Staff \with { \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-1 . 4) } \new Voice = melody \relative c' { c4 d e f g4 f e d c1 } \new Lyrics \with { \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-1.2 . 1) } \lyricsto melody { aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa } >>
By setting properties in NonMusicalPaperColumn
, vertical spacing
can be adjusted per system.
By setting alignment-extra-space
or
fixed-alignment-extra-space
an individual system may be
stretched vertically.
For technical reasons, \overrideProperty
must be used for
changing these properties within a staff; \override
in a
\context
block may still be used for global overrides.
#(set-global-staff-size 13) \relative c'' \new StaffGroup << \new Staff { c1 \break c1 \break c1 \break } \new Staff { c1 | c | c } \new PianoStaff << \new Voice { \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #"piano" \set PianoStaff.shortInstrumentName = #"pn" c1_"normal" \overrideProperty #"Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn" #'line-break-system-details #'((fixed-alignment-extra-space . 15)) c_"fixed-aligment-extra-space" \overrideProperty #"Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn" #'line-break-system-details #'((alignment-extra-space . 15)) c_"aligment-extra-space" } { c1 | c | c } >> >>
By default, fingering numbers will be printed outside the staff. However, this behavior can be canceled.
\relative c' { <c-1 e-2 g-3 b-5>2 \once \override Fingering #'staff-padding = #'() <c-1 e-2 g-3 b-5>2 }
Page labels may be placed inside music or at top-level, and referred to in markups.
#(set-default-paper-size "a6") #(define-markup-command (toc-line layout props label text) (symbol? markup?) (interpret-markup layout props (markup #:fill-line (text #:page-ref label "8" "?")))) \book { \markup \huge \fill-line { \null Title Page \null } \pageBreak \label #'toc \markup \column { \large \fill-line { \null Table of contents \null } \toc-line #'toc "Table of contents" \toc-line #'firstScore "First Score" \toc-line #'markA "Mark A" \toc-line #'markB "Mark B" \toc-line #'markC "Mark C" \toc-line #'unknown "Unknown label" } \pageBreak \label #'firstScore \score { { c'2 c' \mark \markup { A (page \concat { \page-ref #'markA "0" "?" ) } } \label #'markA c'2 c' \pageBreak \mark "B" \label #'markB d'2 d' d'2 d' \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'break-visibility = #begin-of-line-invisible \mark "C" \label #'markC } \header { piece = "First score" } } }
If strict-note-spacing
is set spacing of notes is not influenced
by bars or clefs within a system. Rather, they are placed just before
the note that occurs at the same time. This may cause collisions.
\paper { ragged-right = ##t } \relative c'' << \override Score.SpacingSpanner #'strict-note-spacing = ##t \set Score.proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 16) \new Staff { c8[ c \clef alto c c \grace { d16 } c8 c] c4 c2 \grace { c16[ c16] } c2 } \new Staff { c2 \times 2/3 { c8 \clef bass cis,, c } c4 c1 } >>
By setting the Y-extent
property to a suitable value, all
DynamicLineSpanner
objects (hairpins and dynamic texts) can be
aligned to a common reference point, regardless of their actual extent.
This way, every element will be vertically aligned, thus producing a
more pleasing output.
The same idea is used to align the text scripts along their baseline.
music = \relative c'' { c2\p^\markup { gorgeous } c\f^\markup { fantastic } c4\p c\f\> c c\!\p } { \music \break \override DynamicLineSpanner #'staff-padding = #2.0 \override DynamicLineSpanner #'Y-extent = #'(-1.5 . 1.5) \override TextScript #'Y-extent = #'(-1.5 . 1.5) \music }
This snippet demonstrates the use of the context properties
alignBelowContext
and alignAboveContext
to control the
positioning of lyrics and ossias.
\paper { ragged-right = ##t } \relative c' << \new Staff = "1" { c4 c s2 } \new Staff = "2" { c4 c s2 } \new Staff = "3" { c4 c s2 } { \skip 2 << \lyrics { \set alignBelowContext = #"1" lyrics4 below } \new Staff \with { alignAboveContext = #"3" fontSize = #-2 \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #(magstep -2) \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } { \times 4/6 { \override TextScript #'padding = #3 c8^"ossia above" d e d e f } } >> } >>
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