On Feb 25, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Jérémie Lumbroso wrote: > Hello, > > I am typesetting a piano score, in which I have chords which I want to span > both staves. I've determined that this is still not possible, and found that > the only suggested workaround was to align notes on both staves and to extend > the stem of one of the notes to join with the other. Unfortunately, whenever > I extend the length of the stem to that effect, LilyPond adjusts the spacing > between the two staves so as to ensure there are no collisions. > > Is it possible to override the stem length, without it affecting LilyPond's > calculations for staff spacing? I'm wary about locking interstaff space > altogether (and I'm not sure how to go about it), but perhaps that is the > only solution? > > Best Regards, > Jeremie
Could you include a minimal example w/ your e-mail? There's (almost) always a way, but it's easier to give you suggestions if we can see the type of music you're dealing with. Cheers, MS _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user