Re: Staff spacing problem with piano centered dynamics

[Mats Bengtsson]

What LilyPond version do you use? Don't expect an example written for
version 2.5 to provide optimal layout in a later version, especially
not if it uses such  strange tricks as this particular example. To find
a relevant example to use as a starting point, look at the "Templates"
section of the manual for your version of LilyPond. Note also that the
vertical alignment handling has been significantly revised and improved
in the latest development version, 2.11.x, which by now is at least as
bug free as the "stable" 2.10.33 version.

   /Mats

Quoting jimmy2 <address@hidden>:

> After months of work, I just finished setting a long piece for piano, using
> the example
> LES NÉRÉIDES given in http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.5/examples.html as a
> template.
> This uses dynamics between the two staves,
>
> \score {
>       \new PianoStaff <<
>         \new Staff = "upper" \upper
>         \new Dynamics = "dynamics" \dynamics
>         \new Staff = "lower" <<
>           \clef bass
>           \lower
>         >>...
>
> The problem is that whenever dynamics are present, they tend to create much
> more extra space between the staves than is necessary, leading to very
> nonuniform looking
> systems (see  http://www.nabble.com/file/p18454033/example.jpg example.jpg
> ).  I have tried everything  I could find in the documentation and on this
> forum which seemed to be relevant, and nothing has had any effect on this
> unwanted extra vertical space.   I will greatly appreciate any advice!
> --Jim
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