Hello,
1. Why the giant gap between scores when the music goes to a second page? -
(this happens regardless of how ragged-last-bottom is set)
ragged-last-bottom doesn't seem to affect the space between score
blocks, so multiple score blocks are spaced out evenly on the last
page, even if ragged-last-bottom is set to true.
Is this a bug? It doesn't seem to be fixed in version 2.19.80.
Fortunately, there are several workarounds available.
2. Is there a way to control that gap?
That gap is controlled with the score-system-spacing variable in the
\paper block. Try adding this line to your \paper block:
score-system-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 0) (padding . 3)
(stretchability . 0) (minimum-distance . 0))
Best,
Edward