Re: Changing spacing between notes a lot

[Robert Hickman]

How could I do this, but move the whole note instead of just the head?

\tweak Note.X-extent #'(-3 . -1)

Dosn't seem to work.

Also why are two numbers given in the parans if it is only moving the
X position?

On 17 April 2018 at 19:41, Kieren MacMillan
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> I was wondering if there is a way to change the spacing between notes
>> many times in a staff.
>
> There are many ways of accomplishing the thing you describe.
>
>> What I would like to do is to make something like this.
>> <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/t5510/spacing.png>
>
> Here’s one way of doing that:
>
> %%%  SNIPPET BEGINS
> \version "2.19.80"
> \language "english"
>
> \layout {
>   \context {
>     \Staff
>     \omit Stem
>     \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
>     \remove "Clef_engraver"
>   }
> }
>
> stuff = {
>   \cadenzaOn
>   \tweak NoteHead.X-extent #'(-3 . -1) g'4
>   \tweak NoteHead.X-extent #'(-1.75 . 2) f' g' c''1 <a' bf'>4
>   \tweak NoteHead.X-extent #'(1 . 2.5) a' f'1
> }
>
> \score { \stuff }
> %%%  SNIPPET ENDS
>
> Hope that helps!
> Kieren.
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