Re: Question about the horizontal spacing

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Rus,

> I have some questions about horizontal spacing:
> — How to reduce the proportional notation?

Not sure exactly what you mean here… but have you read the manual? Specifically 
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/changing-horizontal-spacing>
 and the sections around there. Of course, once you bring lyrics into the mix, 
the note-spacing options become [understandably] more limited.

> — How can I control (I need to increase) the space between the bar line and 
> the following note (or lyrics syllable)?

\layout {
  \context {
    \Score
    \override BarLine.space-alist.next-note = #'(semi-fixed-space . 5)
  }
}

This is extreme, of course — change the 5 to whatever value you want (the 
default is 0.9, as seen here: 
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/internals/barline>).

Hope this helps!
Kieren.
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