Re: Adjusting distance between staves in a system

[Richard Shann]

On Wed, 2014-05-21 at 16:54 -0700, Javier Ruiz-Alma wrote:
> Phil B.,
> A raised space didn't work.

can you give an example of it not working? I thought this looked so
useful I added to Denemo as command, this is ~the LilyPond generated -
it works!
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\version "2.18.0"
MvmntIVoiceI = {
         a'4 f' f' e' 
}
MvmntIVoiceII = {
         a,4 d <>^\markup { \raise #10 " " } a,4 d 
}
\score { %Start of Movement
<<
\new PianoStaff << \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #"Piano"  
%Start of Staff
\new Staff = "RH"  << 
 \new Voice = "VoiceIMvmntI"  { 

 \MvmntIVoiceI                } %End of voice            
>>
%End of Staff
%Start of Staff
\new Staff = "LH"  << 
 \new Voice = "VoiceIIMvmntI"  { 
  \clef bass 
 \MvmntIVoiceII                } %End of voice              
>>
%End of Staff
 >>
>>
} %End of Movement
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Richard Shann

>   I replaced the space with a character to see where it goes.  The
> raised markup heads right into the above staff without adding to the
> skyline or separating the staves.
> Javier
> On Sunday, May 18, 2014 6:10 AM, Phil Burfitt
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>         
>         
>                 ----- Original Message ----- 
>                 From: Javier Ruiz-Alma 
>                 To: Phil Holmes ; LilyPond User Group 
>                 Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 4:51 AM
>                 Subject: Re: Adjusting distance between staves in a
>                 system
>                 
>                 
>                 Phil, I used your advice and made it to work.
>                 I added an extra voice, a hidden note to push the
>                 staves further apart, then used \tag to suppress the
>                 hidden note from MIDI, plus added an extra \score
>                 block to generate the midi.
>                 What an involved workaround, but I understand the
>                 special situation.
>                 
>                 I wish a simpler command existed to attach to a note,
>                 set a direction, and request additional skyline above
>                 or below the selected note.  Something like:
>                 c d e^\increaseSkyline{ #4 } 
>                 
>                  
>          
>          
>         There is a much simpler solution...just add the following to a
>         note.
>          
>             -\markup { \raise #10 " " }
>          
>          
>          
>         Phil.
>          
>          
>          
>         
>         
>         
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