On Sat, 2019-06-15 at 14:43 -0700, Aaron Hill wrote: > On 2019-06-15 2:20 pm, Mia Heaton wrote: > > So i'm trying to write out some music, and everything is spaced way > > too far apart, each line is being occupied by a single measure and > > I'm > > not sure how to condense it more to fit multiple measures on a > > line. > > I'm using Frescobaldi to write Lilypond, and I used the built in > > score > > wizard to create the document I'm working in. I haven't changed any > > other settings, only things there are what the wizard did for me > > and > > the music I inputted. Anybody know how to fix this? I'm definitely > > not > > smart when it comes to the technical aspects of Lilypond so simple > > explanations are appreciated. > > Without a minimal working example [1], it will be difficult to > provide > any specific advice. > > Try looking at the documentation regarding horizontal spacing [2] in > the > event that note spacing is what is preventing LilyPond from fitting > multiple measures on a line. But if your music is dense enough,
I think what Aaron may be meaning here is "if your music has lots of short duration notes on many of the beats in a bar". Another thing to contemplate in this case is allowing line breaks mid-bar. \bar "" will allow LilyPond to break the line during a bar. HTH Richard > you may > need to adjust the line width on the page and/or the global staff > size > to be able to fit more content. > > [1]: http://lilypond.org/tiny-examples.html > [2]: > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/changing-horizon > tal-spacing > > > -- Aaron Hill > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
