thanks for your answer!
> and play around with the numbers! actually, this is exactly what i had been doing before asking in the list. as you say, this is the method described in the section "Spacing of ungrouped staves". but somehow i get no results, no matter what numbers i use. admittedly, i still have problems understanding the structure of lilypond files, when you go beyond the basics. things can go in different places, and i'm probably trying to do this in a place where it has no effect... _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user