Re: Space between beams?

[Thomas Morley]

2014-02-23 7:26 GMT+01:00 Javier Ruiz-Alma <address@hidden>:
> Referring to this 10-yr-old inquiry, I'm working on the exact same bar Alex
> typeset:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2004-02/msg00086.html
>
> NR led me to overriding the beam font-size to cause the 16th beam to engrave
> thinner and with smaller gap between them (as graces do).  Beam, although
> documented to support the font-size interface, doesn't seem to be affected
> by overrides to this property:
>
> \version "2.18.0"
> \relative c' {
>     %normal notes & beams
>     d16 e f g
>
>     %smaller note heads work
>     \override NoteHead.font-size = #-4
>     d e f g
>     \revert NoteHead.font-size
>
>     % smaller beam command
>     % doesn't seem to make any difference
>     \override Beam.font-size = #-4
>     d e f g
>     \revert Beam.font-size
>
>     %print graces for reference
>     \grace { d e f g }
>
>     %back to normal
>     d e f g
> }
>
> Any ideas of how to scale beams down?
>
> Javier Ruiz
> address@hidden
>

Hi Javier,

try:

\version "2.18.0"

\relative c' {
    \once \override Beam.beam-thickness = #0.2
    \once \override Beam.length-fraction = #0.3
    %% Uncomment if wanted/needed:
    %\once \override Beam.positions = #'(-1 . 0.4)
    d16 e f g
}

HTH,
  Harm