Re: Help with Horizontal Compression!

[Simon Albrecht]

Hello,

some remarks:
1. Are you aware that it’s illegal what you’re doing? All of the works 
of Shostakovich are under copyright (almost?) everywhere on the world, 
see the note on <http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Shostakovich,_Dmitry>. 
So there is little point in typesetting his music, unless you intend to 
wait with publication until 2026 (Canada), 2046 (EU), and so on (matters 
are very complicated in the US). And posting examples on this list 
(which means publishing for what I know) is touchy at least, since 
depending on the size of the example it may be considered fair use or not.
2. On your actual question: just go on typesetting (if you consider it 
useful…) and probably things will turn out properly on their own. With 
short scores like this, there often is no really good solution for 
breaking: it’s too much for one page, but too little for two pages.
3. If the problem should persist nevertheless, have a look at 
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/fitting-music-onto-fewer-pages>.

Best regards, Simon

Am 14.06.2015 um 16:39 schrieb sunamcmkcin:
> Hello,
>
> I recently started to typeset Shostakovich's first violin concerto and i
> entered the first 7 bars into lilypond, only to find that the notes have
> been spaced at some comically large space, rather than compressing into a
> readable size.
>
> If the score was to continue at this rate then reading the score while
> listening to the piece would turn into a page-turning speed test!
>
> Is there anyway to tell lilypond to just take up less room? (see score and
> .ly attachments below)
>
>
> Thanks, Nick.
>
> D-Shostakovich-Concerto-No-1.ly
> <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n177855/D-Shostakovich-Concerto-No-1.ly>
> solo.ly <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n177855/solo.ly>
> winds.ly <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n177855/winds.ly>
> strings.ly <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n177855/strings.ly>
> brass.ly <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n177855/brass.ly>
> percussion.ly
> <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n177855/percussion.ly>
> D-Shostakovich-Concerto-No-1.pdf
> <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n177855/D-Shostakovich-Concerto-No-1.pdf>
>
>
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