Re: Vertical staff spacing between song parts

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Hi Kieren,

Thanks for your prompt response.  That worked very nicely.

BruceP

On 2/8/2021 9:20 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
>
> > I'm engraving an instrumental that has three parts; each part is two lines 
> > long.  How can I arrange them on the page so that there is vertical space 
> > between the parts.
> I would separate the parts into individual scores, and then use 
> score-system-spacing to control the inter-part spacing:
>
> %%%%  SNIPPET BEGINS  %%%%
> \version "2.18.2"
> \language "english"
>
> \paper {
>    score-system-spacing.padding = #16
> }
>
> \score {
>       \new Staff
>       {
>         a1^"part 1"  a a a \break
>         a1 a a a
>       }
> }
>
> \score {
>       \new Staff
>       {
>         a1^"part 2"  a a a \break
>         a1 a a a \break
>       }
> }
>
> \score {
>       \new Staff
>       {
>         a1^"part 3"  a a a
>         a1 a a a \break
>       }
> }
> %%%%  SNIPPET ENDS  %%%%
>
> I’d also likely use something other than markup for the "titles" (e.g., "part 
> 3"), but that’s a different topic…
>
> Hope that helps!
> Kieren.
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