Re: How can I shorten the space for a final single note

[David Wright]

On Sat 22 Feb 2020 at 13:25:36 (+0100), Robert Blackstone wrote:
> > On 21 Feb 2020, at 12:18, Pierre Perol-Schneider <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > A workaround could be: 
> > 
> > {
> >   a'\breve*1/4
> >   \bar "|."
> > }
> 
> Thanks. This does work for me but it comes at a cost: Lilypond apparently 
> does not want to waste the space that results from shrinking the space for 
> the breve and that results in a number of empty bars between the breve and 
> \bar “|.”. 
>  I tried to remove them by adding  \layout {\ RemoveEmptyBars} but that does 
> nothing at all. 
> The best result I got this far is by separating the two horizontally 
> connected scores and combine them in one “piece”.
> I almost get what I want but for two empty staves that I cannot hide or 
> delete with LilyPond tools. They can probably be erased from the .pdf.
> 
> I have attached a picture of  “original” and what I have made of it in case 
> you are curious what it is all about.

You have to make the change in every voice. It sounds as if you've
altered the voice that carries the notes, but have left, say, a
voice of spacers that's carrying keys/time signatures/dynamics etc.

But, as others have said, a MWE is essential to know what's really
happening.

Cheers,
David.