Hello,
I have created a few _expression_ marks (for some early 18th century music I'm trying to typeset) which I put into place with carefully adjusted x and y offsets. The trouble is that Lilypond doesn't take these marks into account when spacing out notes and bars, and sometimes the _expression_ mark is written over by a bar line.
All I want is some way of adding some extra space after a bar line. Something like
| " "
would be lovely if it worked, which of course it doesn't. I know that "s" adds a blank note; what I'm after is like a blank note that also has zero duration!
What is the approved or simplest way of adding extra space after a bar line? Note that I don't need to add extra space after every bar line, just occasionally.