Re: Independent rhythmic spacing between staves?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Saul,

> In my current project, I have a situation where the piano has fast arpeggios 
> at the same time as the strings play a steady, slower rhythm (see attached 
> screenshot). My feeling is that the best looking solution would be to 
> temporarily sacrifice rhythmic alignment between the piano part and the rest 
> of the staves, in order to maintain visually correct rhythmic spacing within 
> the strings and the piano part independently. Is there are way to accomplish 
> such a thing in Lilypond just for a measure or two?

As an extremely visually-oriented and detail-conscious musician, I feel your 
pain…

> How would you deal with engraving this sort of passage?

I would, if possible, avoid changing rhythmic alignment. Have you thought about 
making the arpeggio notes smaller, and then having a fixed X-extent for the 
string note-columns (reverted at the end of this passage)? That would at least 
make the spacing even in the string part, and the smaller piano notes would 
minimize the distortion.

Hope that helps!
Kieren.
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