On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 5:18 PM, David Nalesnik <david.nales...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
>> At 16:07 11/07/2014 +0006, Abraham Lee wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe just me, but I don't really like the look of that. I see the stems
>>> are equidistant, but, at least to me, I feel like it's not balanced and it
>>> makes the notehead spacing a little awkward... I'd still rather see the
>>> default behavior. But we all can have our preferences :) Not sure if either
>>> is "correct".
>>>
>>
>> For what it's worth, Elaine Gould agrees, saying (on p. 41);
>>
>>> In certain cases, spacing should be adjusted to create an illusion of
>>> evenness. Adjacent stems 'back to back' can otherwise look too close
>>> together. Notes with stems away from each other can look too far apart.
>>>
>>
>> Brian Barker
>>
>
> In the attached example, the unevenness of stem placement is very
> apparent. As I remember it (have to dig up an old manual), the SCORE
> option was a correction for this sort of situation.
>
Found the manual. The "STUD" command. It mentions that engravers
typically make stems equidistant in cross-staff beaming situations because
the eye tends to notice the uneveness at the beam in the middle.
The attached illustrates what happens with equidistant notes.
--David
\version "2.18.2"
\paper {
tagline = ##f
}
up = \change Staff = "up"
down = \change Staff = "down"
\score {
<<
\new Staff {
\relative c' {
c16[ c c c c c c c]
}
}
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff = "up" {
\time 2/4
s2
}
\new Staff = "down" {
\clef bass
\override Beam.auto-knee-gap = 1
c16[
\up
c''
g'''
\down
c
\up
c''
\down
c c
\up
c'']
}
>>
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Score
proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/16)
\override SpacingSpanner.uniform-stretching = ##t
}
}
}
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