Re: How to increase the distance between staves?

[Peter Toye]

Hi Thomas,

Thanks to all for this. At the moment I'm playing about with all sorts of paper variables, and getting to what I'd like.

It's interesting: changing the ragged-bottom variables also changes the number of staves that LP uses to engrave the music. With them set to ##t it uses 2 staves, ##f uses 3. No idea why!

Best regards,

Peter
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www.ptoye.com

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Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 5:03:07 PM, Thomas Morley wrote:

> Am Mi., 24. Juli 2019 um 14:26 Uhr schrieb Jean
> ABOU SAMRA <address@hidden>:

>> Hi Peter,
>> Any overrides you can do in StaffGrouper are related to the space between staves
>> of the _same_ system when they are grouped in StaffGroup-s or such.

> Nope.
> StaffGrouper.staffgroup-staff-spacing will affect spacing between
> StaffGroups in the same system, yes.
> But, \override
> StaffGrouper.staff-staff-spacing.padding _will_ staces
> of a StaffGroup.

> Below some large example(s). It demonstrates several possibilities,
> but still excludes others.
> User-settable spacing in LilyPond is a _very_ complex matter.
> Mostly because there are so many possibilities, from own experience I
> can say: it's not exactly easy to find the
> correct command(s) and/or
> their combination(s).

> HTH,
>   Harm

> \version "2.19.83"

> mus = { R1 \break R }

> staff-group =
>   <<
>       \new Staff  \mus
>       \new Staff  \mus


> %%%%%%%%
> %% One StaffGroup per system
> %%%%%%%%

> \bookpart {
>   \markup \rounded-box \fill-line { "One
> StaffGroup per system, default" }
>   \new StaffGroup
>     \staff-group

>   \markup \rounded-box \fill-line {
>       "One StaffGroup per system, changed spacing between
> staves via StaffGrouper.staff-staff-spacing"
>   }
>   \new StaffGroup
>     \with {
>       \override
> StaffGrouper.staff-staff-spacing.padding = #30
>     }
>     \staff-group
> }


> \bookpart {
>   \markup \rounded-box \fill-line {
>       \wordwrap-string #"One StaffGroup per
> system, changed spacing between
> StaffGroups via paper-setting of
> \"system-system-spacing.padding\""
>   }
>   \paper {
>     system-system-spacing.padding = 30
>   }
>   \new StaffGroup
>     \staff-group
> }

> \bookpart {
>   \markup \rounded-box \fill-line {
>       "One StaffGroup per system, distributed
> over whole page via paper-setting
> of \"ragged-last-bottom\", "
>   }
>   \paper {
>     ragged-last-bottom = ##f
>   }
>   \new StaffGroup
>     \staff-group
> }

> %%%%%%%%
> %% Two StaffGroup per system
> %%%%%%%%

> \bookpart {
>   \markup \rounded-box \fill-line {
>       \wordwrap-string #"Two StaffGroup per
> system, changed spacing between
> the two StaffGroups via
> StaffGrouper.staffgroup-staff-spacing"
>   }
>   <<
>     \new StaffGroup
>       \with {
>         \override
> StaffGrouper.staffgroup-staff-spacing.padding = 30
>       }
>       \staff-group
>     \new StaffGroup
>       \staff-group

> }

> \bookpart {
>   \markup \rounded-box \fill-line {
>       \wordwrap-string #"Two StaffGroups per
> system, distributed over whole page
> via paper-setting of \"ragged-last-bottom\",
> and several spacing-variables
> with stretchability set to a high value in
> order to give LilyPond full freedom
> to space as she likes."
>   }
>   \paper {
>     ragged-last-bottom = ##f
>     system-system-spacing.stretchability = 1000
>     markup-system-spacing.stretchability = 1000
>     last-bottom-spacing.stretchability = 1000
>   }
>   <<
>     \new StaffGroup
>       \with {
>         \override
> StaffGrouper.staffgroup-staff-spacing.stretchability = 1000
>         \override
> StaffGrouper.staff-staff-spacing.stretchability = 1000
>       }
>       \staff-group
>     \new StaffGroup
>       \with {
>         \override
> StaffGrouper.staff-staff-spacing.stretchability = 1000
>       }
>       \staff-group

> }