Re: Beam.positions affecting space between staves

[Leo Correia de Verdier]

I’m at the hospital, far from my library, and anyways not sure about exactly 
how Karim wants them to look or behave. I was just pointing out it’s nothing 
really exotic in contemporary music.

Anyway: An alternative approach, somewhat blunter but simpler

\version "2.25.12"
one =   { 
    s2 c'4 c'4
  }
two =   { 
    \temporary \override Stem.vertical-skylines = ##f
    \temporary \override Beam.vertical-skylines = ##f
    \override Beam.positions = #'( 18 . 18 ) c'8 8 8 8
    \revert Stem.vertical-skylines
    \revert Beam.vertical-skylines
  c'4 c'4
  }
  
\new StaffGroup 
<<
  \new Staff
 \one
  \new Staff
 \two
>>

> 19 aug. 2024 kl. 22:49 skrev Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>:
> 
> 
>> Common beams for both staves, sometimes pulled outside them are used
>> in contemporary music when the resultant rhythm from both staves of
>> a single instrument are significantly easier to grasp than the
>> separate rhythms of the separate staves.  It also hints at both
>> staves having a common voice or musical material.
> 
> Please provide a scan of a real-world example to show what you really
> want to achieve.
> 
> 
>    Werner