Re: Spacing Problem

[Michael Lakes]

Ah, didn't even think about using the invisible notes!  This works perfectly 
for the piece (it's a little different than what I posted, but the rythm and 
note durations are the same).  Thanks a lot!

eh, yes, I agree equal spacing wouldn't be correct in most cases.  But I'm 
looking at a very specific case (maybe shows automated music engraving is 
very hard to achieved? props to the developers).  However, I do think equal 
note duration in a measure should get equal spacing.   But, there're two 
voice in the measure ... correct spacing in one means incorrect spacing for 
another.   Maybe some compromise needs to be reach.  The default Lilypond 
output group the 8th notes too close making the note look like 16th note 
relative to the other 8th notes.

Thanks for the answer, it's greatly appreciated!

> From: Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden>
> To: Michael Lakes <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Spacing Problem
> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:34:05 +0200
>
> New attempt to answer the original question!
>
> I played a bit with your example. If you really want all the 8th notes
> spaced as if there was a regular set of 16th notes in another voice,
> you can easily fake that using an invisible voice with all 16th notes,
> as shown in the second bar of my example below.
>
> However, I'm still convinced that it's not good typesetting practice to
> typeset all eighth notes of a bar (or even of a single beam) with
> equal spacing. Consider for example the more extreme case in the third
> bar of my example. Do you really prefer the equal spacing that I have
> faked in the fourth bar?
>
> If you really want to claim that the layout is "incorrect", you should
> read http://lilypond.org/web/about/automated-engraving/ and then go
> to your collection of music and really check how it's done in well
> typeset scores.
>
> \version "2.2.2"
>
> \score {
>   \notes\relative c'''{
>       <<{a8 a a a a a a a}\\
>         {a,16 a a a a a a a a8 a16 a a a a a}>>
>       <<{a'8 a a a a a a a}\\
>         {a,16 a a a a a a a a8 a16 a a a a a}\\
>         {\hideNotes \repeat unfold 16 d16} >>\break
>       <<{a'8 a a a a a a a}\\
>         {a,8[ a32 gis a b ] \repeat unfold 12 a16}>>
>       <<{a'8 a a a a a a a}\\
>         {a,8[ a32 gis a b ] \repeat unfold 12 a16}\\
>         {\hideNotes\repeat unfold 16 d32}>>
>      }
> }
>
>    /Mats
>
> Michael Lakes wrote:
> > Hello again,
> >
> > There seems to be incorrect spacing for the code below.  The 8th notes in 
> > the middle of the measures don't have the same spacing as other 8th notes.
> >
> > Is there any way to correct this?  I tried some of the spacing parameters 
> > but didn't seem to do work ... Oh, is it possible to make the spacing of 
> > the notes fixed (like 8th notes always get 1cm, 16th notes get .5cm)?
> >
> >
> > \version "2.2.2"
> >
> > \score {
> >      \notes {
> >          \relative c'''{<<{a8 a a a a a a a}\\{a,16 a a a a a a a a8 a16 
> > a a a a a}>>}
> >          \relative c'''{<<{a8 a a a a a a a}\\{a,16 a a a a a a a a8 a16 
> > a a a a a}>>}
> >          \relative c'''{<<{a8 a a a a a a a}\\{a,16 a a a a a a a a8 a16 
> > a a a a a}>>}
> >
> >      }
> > }
> >
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