Re: minimum measure size?

[Tom Sgouros]

Thank you all (and Brian, who replied directly) for your suggestions. Proportional notation seems to do what I need, simply, but the other seems worth investigating.

 -Tom

On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 4:02 AM Valentin Petzel <valentin@petzel.at> wrote:

Hello Tom,

Consider using proportional notation to ensure there is always space for note
values as small as you need them.

Cheers,
Valentin

Am Mittwoch, 29. Dezember 2021, 00:18:24 CET schrieb Tom Sgouros:
> Hello all:
>
> How can I set a minimum measure size? I want to make some scratch
> engravings of piano music with lots of room in blank upper or lower staves
> so I can pencil in my choices as I work them out. But some of the measures
> have only a couple of notes recorded, so they shrink too small to write
> anything else in.
>
> I was reviewing the settable parameters, but I think maybe I don't
> understand enough of lilypond's native jargon yet to know what to look for.
> I found setting for counting measures and grouping measures, but what about
> measuring measures? What tree should I be barking up here?
>
> Thank you,
>
>  -Tom