"...and most important you want tight space between all notes as
though it's not allowing the space for barlines and more."
This unanswered part of Reggie's question in [1] lead me to re-scratch an old
itch. In manuscripts and old printed editions of mensural notation, notes and
rests are horizontally densely-spaced without regard for their musical
duration. I have struggled to reproduce this in lilypond, and the nearest I
can get is this:
\version "2.19.82"
\new Score \with {
\omit TimeSignature
\override SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = #0.0
\override SpacingSpanner.packed-spacing = ##t
\override NoteHead.style = #'petrucci
}
{
\cadenzaOn c'\longa \breve 1 \breve 1 2 2 1 4 4 1 2
% \bar "" \break % uncomment to observe effect
2 8 8 8 8 c''1 b' a' g'
}
It would be good to be able to impose a small amount of horizontal space
between the noteheads, but I'm at a loss to see how that can be done. Any
ideas?
-- Graham
[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2019-10/msg00420.html
