Re: Some horizontal spacing problems.

[Mats Bengtsson]

Quoting Charles Gentry <address@hidden>:

> Hello,
>
> Before I begin I'd just like to say how much I enjoy using Lilypond - 
> there is
> absolutely nothing like it.
>
> I have to problems that I would desperately like some advice:
>
> 1. I'm writing some exercises consisting of three bars. The main part 
> is in the
> first two bars and the final bar is is just a single note ending. 
> Something like:
>
> \time 4/4 %etc.
> c4 c4 c4 c4 | c4 c4 c4 c4 | c1 \bar "|."
>
> What I would like to do is alter the horizontal spacing so that the first two
> bars take up the majority of the line while the last bar is very 
> small and tight
> so that the final c1 is really squashed between the bars.

First of all, do you want the examples to be stretched over the full
line width? Otherwise you can use
\layout{
 ragged-right=##t }

Since the spacing is based on the duration of each note, you can get
what you want if you replace the c1 by c1*1/16 for example.
> 2. I have a polyphonic phrase with triplets in the bottom voice and 
> dotted 8th
> and 16th notes in the upper voice.
>
> \time 4/4 %etc.
> \relative c' {
> <<{
>  <c' e>8. <c e>16 <c e>8. <c e>16
>  <d f>8. <d f>16 <d f>8. <d f>16
> }\\{
>  \override TupletNumber #'transparent = ##t
>  \set tupletSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 4)
>  \times 2/3 {
>    c,8 g' f
>    e8 g c,
>    b8 d c
>    b8 d g,
>  }
> }>>
> }
> The problem here is that I'd like the 16th notes to lie directly 
> above the the
> last note in each triplet (since the dotted 8th and the 16th should 
> be the same
> time length as a triplet of 8ths). At the moment the upper voice is noticably
> out of line to the right.
>
> I've checked the documentation and other sources for advice but to no 
> avail. If
> you can provide any solution please write back.

The solution is the same as in your previous question, namely to scale
the durations. See section "Scaling durations".

 /Mats