Dear Jaime,

If you mean silent rests such as s4, s8 etc. I thought those do not actually take up any space, and are analogous to using \skip for that duration. As in the following example:

\version "2.24.1"

<<
  \new Staff {
    c'1 c'1
  }
  \new Staff {
    \repeat unfold 128 { s128 }
  }
>>

As for how to make measures longer, I usually override the NoteHead.extra-spacing-width (or same, for Rest) property to add more horizontal space before or after a note, but I'm not sure that will be the best option here.

-William

On 3/24/23 17:56, Jaime Oliver wrote:
Hi all,

I am trying to control the amount of space that s events take on each bar so that I can make some bars longer. Is there a way I can specify this? Also, some bars which have values like R1 are also really short, how can I make those longer?

In other words, is there a way to make bars visually longer even if they show empty space?

I have tried things like the one below but have not had good results
\layout{
    \context {
         \Score
                   proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/32)
                  \override SpacingSpanner.base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1/32)
                   \override SpacingSpanner.uniform-stretching = ##t

I am also attaching a screenshot so you can see the kinds of results I am getting.

All the best,

Jaime

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