Re: Increasing the horizontal space between notes

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Monday 03 February 2003 04:40 pm, Oscar A. Valdez wrote:
> In my case, I'm not sure "\break" would work: I'm working with
> unmetered music (no bars) that combines notes and lyrics.
>
> I've looked at "Horizontal Spacing" under "Global Layout" in the
> manual, and, as you say, it looks fairly advanced, but it seems like
> the way to go for me.
>
> The section mentions two properties of "SpacingSpanner":
> "spacing-increment" and "shortest-duration-space". What is the syntax
> for these properties? How and where should they be set?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Oscar Valdez
>
> El sáb, 01-02-2003 a las 23:55, Graham Percival escribió:
> > On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:44:35 -0600
> >
> > "Oscar A. Valdez" <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > How can I modify the horizontal space between notes?
> >
> > There is a section on "horizontal spacing" in the manual (under
> > "global layout"), but it's fairly advanced stuff.
> >
> > An easy solution is to have fewer bars per line -- adding a few
> > "\break"s will let you control how many bars per line.  Fewer bars
> > will mean more space between notes.  In some circumstances this
> > isn't a very good solution, but if you have a fairly simple score,
> > it should work out all right.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - Graham

\break is highly recommended, but if a particular measure is not wide 
enough, there are tricks you could use, probably more than these:

1.  Put some spaces in text above or below notes, like this:
{ }{ } or \ \ \ \,

2.  Add invisible rests or 32nd notes or something like
that. (remove the appropriate engravers of the added voice).

The invisible voice is the way most likely to swim over the
shifting sands of syntax, and there's no programming.
 ;-)  DaveA