Hello! Sometimes Lilypond can run a bit wider than engraved scores would do. The official way to mitigate this (as given by the Documentation) is setting Score.SpacingSpanner.base-shortest-duration. Sometimes this does not give the result we want, so we need to use different spacing parameters like Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment and —.—.shortest-duration-space (especially since this also gives us some control over proportions).
I think this should be part of the documentation, as I can be a vital thing for making Lilypond behave. I’ve included an example of different spacings achieved using these parameters, and an example of Mozart’s KV 545, where the default settings fail to achieve the thightness of the 16th notes that in seen in engraved scores, while using custom spacing yields a nice result without any further tweaks. Cheers, Valentin
\version "2.22"
\paper {
ragged-right = ##t
indent = 0
}
music = { c'4 d'8 e' f' g'16 a' g' f' e' d' | c'8 d'16 e' f' g' a' g' f' e' d' c' b4 c' d'2 c'4 d'1 }
{
\override Score.TimeSignature.stencil = ##f
<>^"default (spacing-increment = 1.2, shortest-duration-space = 2)" \music \break
\newSpacingSection
\temporary\override Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = #1
<>^"spacing-increment = 1" \music \break
\newSpacingSection
\revert Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment
\temporary\override Score.SpacingSpanner.shortest-duration-space = #1.5
<>^"shortest-duration-space = 1.5" \music \break
\newSpacingSection
\revert Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment
\temporary\override Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = #1
\temporary\override Score.SpacingSpanner.shortest-duration-space = #1.7
<>^"spacing-increment = 1, shortest-duration-space = 1.7" \music \break
\newSpacingSection
\revert Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment
\revert Score.SpacingSpanner.shortest-duration-space
\temporary\override Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = #0.8
\temporary\override Score.SpacingSpanner.shortest-duration-space = #1.9
<>^"spacing-increment = 0.8, shortest-duration-space = 1.9" \music \break
\newSpacingSection
\revert Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment
\revert Score.SpacingSpanner.shortest-duration-space
\temporary\override Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = #1.41
\temporary\override Score.SpacingSpanner.shortest-duration-space = #1.2
<>^"spacing-increment = 1.41, shortest-duration-space = 1.2" \music \break
\newSpacingSection
\revert Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment
\temporary\override Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = #1.1
\temporary\override Score.SpacingSpanner.shortest-duration-space = #1.45
<>^"spacing-increment = 1.1, shortest-duration-space = 1.45" \music \break
\newSpacingSection
\revert Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment
\revert Score.SpacingSpanner.shortest-duration-space
\temporary\override Score.SpacingSpanner.common-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1/8)
<>^"common-shortest-duration = 1/8" \music \break
\newSpacingSection
\revert Score.SpacingSpanner.common-shortest-duration
\temporary\override Score.SpacingSpanner.base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1/8)
<>^"base-shortest-duration = 1/8" \music \break
\newSpacingSection
\revert Score.SpacingSpanner.base-shortest-duration
\temporary\override Score.SpacingSpanner.packed-spacing = ##t
\once\override TextScript.X-extent = #'(0 . 0)
<>^"packed-spacing" \music
}\language "deutsch"
ru = #(define-music-function (n m) (number? ly:music?)
#{ \repeat unfold $n $m #})
\header {
title = "Sonate in C"
subtitle = "KV 545"
composer = "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart"
date = "Wien, 26. Juni 1788"
copyright = "© 1986 by Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel"
}
#(set-global-staff-size 17)
\paper {
ragged-last = ##t
left-margin = 2\cm
right-margin = 2\cm
paper-height = 370\mm
}
right = \relative c'' {
c2 e4 g | h,4.( c16 d) c4 r | a'2 g4 c
\noBreak % only nescessary for default score
| g f8(\trill e16 f) e4 r |
a,8 h16 c d e f g a g f e d c h a |
g8 a16 h c d e f g f e d c h a g |
f8 g16 a h c d e f e d c h a g f |
e8 f16 g a h c d e d c h a g f e |
d8 e16 f g a h cis d a h cis d e f g |
a h c h a g f e f g a g f e d c |
h8[ g'] e[ c] d[ g] e[ c] | d4 <h d g> g r |
R1 |
\ru2{d''8( h) g4.( a16 h a8) g-! |
g8.\trill( fis16) fis4 r2 |}
}
left = \relative c' {
\tempo "Allegro"
\clef bass
\once\hideNotes\grace c64
\once\override Staff.Clef.X-extent = #'(1.5 . 2)
\clef treble
\repeat unfold 2 { c8 g' e g }
d g f g c, g' e g |
c, a' f a c, g' e g |
h, g' d g c, g' e g |
f4 r r \clef bass <c f,> |
<c e,> r r <c e,> | <h d,> r r <h d,> |
<c c,> r r <e, c> | <f a>1 |
f4. g8 a4. fis8 |
g,16 h d g g, c e g g, h d g g, c e g |
g,4 g' g, r |
\ru 4 { cis'16 d } \ru4 {c d} |
\ru2{\ru8 {h d} | c d h d a d h d c d h d c d a d |}
}
\score {
\header {
piece = "Custom"
}
<<
\new PianoStaff \with {
} <<
\new Staff="right" {
\right
}
\new Staff="left" {
\left
}
>>
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Score
\override SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = #0.9
\override SpacingSpanner.shortest-duration-space = #1.9
}
\override Staff.Beam.beam-thickness = #0.52
}
}
\score {
\header {
piece = "Default"
}
<<
\new PianoStaff \with {
} <<
\new Staff="right" {
\right
}
\new Staff="left" {
\left
}
>>
>>
\layout {
\override Score.SpacingSpanner.base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1/8)
\override Staff.Beam.beam-thickness = #0.52
}
}
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