Trying to displace note heads from stem

I know there are ways in lilypond to not display the stem. I would like to do something slightly different, which is to position the note head associated with a stem at varying distances away from the stem to denote a relative rhythmic placement which can be seen in Xenakis' Mists

Re: Trying to displace note heads from stem

Use X-offset for the stems. For example: \once \override Stem.X-offset = #n where n is positive or negative. Andrew On 25 Oct 2015, at 17:48, Ryan Michael wrote: I know there are ways in lilypond to not display the stem. I would like to do something slightly

Re: Trying to displace note heads from stem

Hi Ryan, As each note head has its proper alignment, I don't see how this can be achieved without using markups. Long work though... Something like : \version "2.19.29" #(set-global-staff-size 15) \paper { indent = 0 ragged-right = ##f } \new PianoStaff \with { \omit TimeSignature

Re: Trying to displace note heads from stem

Or shorter : \version "2.19.29" #(set-global-staff-size 15) \paper { indent = 0 ragged-right = ##f } xen = #(define-scheme-function (parser location music) (ly:music?) #{ \markup { \with-dimensions #'(0 . 0) #'(0 . 0) \score { \magnifyMusic 0.8 { $music