Re: Vertical staff spacing between song parts

[brucep16...@outlook.com]

Hi Kieren,

Thanks for your prompt response.  That worked very nicely.

BruceP

On 2/8/2021 9:20 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:

Hi Bruce,

I'm engraving an instrumental that has three parts; each part is two lines 
long.  How can I arrange them on the page so that there is vertical space 
between the parts.

I would separate the parts into individual scores, and then use 
score-system-spacing to control the inter-part spacing:

%%%%  SNIPPET BEGINS  %%%%
\version "2.18.2"
\language "english"

\paper {
   score-system-spacing.padding = #16
}

\score {
      \new Staff
      {
        a1^"part 1"  a a a \break
        a1 a a a
      }
}

\score {
      \new Staff
      {
        a1^"part 2"  a a a \break
        a1 a a a \break
      }
}

\score {
      \new Staff
      {
        a1^"part 3"  a a a
        a1 a a a \break
      }
}
%%%%  SNIPPET ENDS  %%%%

I’d also likely use something other than markup for the "titles" (e.g., "part 
3"), but that’s a different topic…

Hope that helps!
Kieren.
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