Re: How do you move a note horizontally?

[Helge Kruse]

Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> Ok, trying it right now...
>
> --- On Wed, 7/29/09, Nick Payne <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > From: Nick Payne <address@hidden>
> > Subject: RE: How do you move a note horizontally?
> > To: "'Jonathan Wilkes'" <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> > Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 10:25 PM
> > \once \override NoteColumn
> > #'force-hshift = #x
> >
> > Set x to negative to move to the left, positive to the
> > right.
> >
> > Nick
>
> Hi Nick,
>      I can't get it to work:
>
> \version "2.12.2"
>
> \relative c' {
>         c \once \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #8 d e f
> }
>
> Am I using it correctly?
>
> I also tried the NonMusicalPaperColumn thingy that's listed in the NR, and 
> it won't do anything either.
>
> -Jonathan

Searching the Snippet Repository I think, that the force-hshift works 
only in polyphonic music. I get this feeling, since in this example

        << {
                g4 a
        } \\ {
        
                c,4
                \once \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #1
                d e f
        } >>


the horizontal shift vanishes when you remove the second note (a) in the 
upper voice. Is force-hshift intended for such a fine-tuning?

The sample above is mimiced from "Forcing horizontal shift of notes" 
found in LSR.

Helge