I know this subject has come up before, but I can't seem to find the right search string to yield an answer that works for me.
The attached example shows a note from a CueVoice context that overlaps a rest in a normal voice context. By default, Lily engraves the normal rest lower than normal to avoid colliding with the CueVoice, but otherwise keeps the cut note and the rest aligned vertically, because they occur at the same musical moment. Very logical. I'm experimenting with other placements of the rest, such as using a pitched rest to move rest vertically lower or higher. That works a treat. I'd also like to try adjusting the rest horizontally to the right to distance it from the cue note. This may or may not look good aesthetically, or make sense to the performer, but I would at least like to learn how to do it, and then judge the clarity of the resulting engraving. But I can't find a way to make the 'r4.' move to the right, so that it doesn't appear directly beneath the cue note. Is there a way to insert empty horizontal staff space at an arbitrary point in a particular voice? Yes, much like \hspace in markup. Thank you! \version "2.16.1" melody = \relative c'' { << \new CueVoice { c4. } { % \once \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #20 % \once \override Rest #'X-extent = #'(-2.5 . 25) % c,4.\rest r4. } >> \relative c' { c8 d e c d e c d e } } % melody \score { \new Staff { \time 12/8 \melody } % Staff } % score _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user