Re: number of systems per page

[Mats Bengtsson]

> address@hidden writes:
> > I am about to finish transcription of a Bach piece for piano. It looks nice 
> > except that I only have 5 systems (i.e. pair of cleff and bass staffs) in 
> > each page, and I would like to have 6. How can make them fit? How do I 
> > reduce the inter system spacing to allow for one additional system in each 
> > page?
> 
> Override Staff.MinimumVerticalExtent to a smaller value (say, #(-5.5
> . 5)   )

An alternative is to reduce the default spacing between the 
staves:

\score{
  ...
  \paper{
    interscoreline = 5  % Default = 16 (unit: pt)
  }
}

You may also want to set
interscorelinefill = 1 
to automatically get even spacing between the staves.

  /Mats