Hi, Jakob!
On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 7:44 AM Jakob Pedersen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I'm writing some chorales for playing hymns on the organ. I've chosen a
> larger staff size to improve readability.
>
> Having adjusted #(layout-set-staff-size ##) to 26, I'm noticing some
> less-than-fortunate side effects.
>
> The key signature is very, very close to the clef, and the notes are too
> close to the bar line.
>
>
>
> Is there an elegant way to adjust this to the larger staff size?
>
> A minimal example:
>
> \version "2.24.1"
> \language "deutsch"
>
> global = {
> \key f \major
> \time 3/2
> }
>
> rightOne = \relative c' {
> \global
> f4 g f2 c | d4 e f2 a |
> }
>
> rightTwo = \relative c' {
> \global
> c2 c a | b a c |
> }
>
> leftOne = \relative c {
> \global
> a'4 g a2 a | f4 g c,2 f |
> }
>
> leftTwo = \relative c {
> \global
> f4 e f2 f | b,4 g f2 f |
> }
>
> \score {
> \new PianoStaff <<
> \new Staff = "right" <<
> \new Voice = "soprano" {
> \voiceOne << \rightOne >>
> }
> \new Voice = "alto" {
> \voiceTwo << \rightTwo >>
> }
> >>
> \new Staff = "left" <<
> \clef bass
> \new Voice = "tenor" {
> \voiceOne << \leftOne >>
> }
> \new Voice = "bass" {
> \voiceTwo << \leftTwo >>
> }
> >>
> >>
>
> \layout {
> #(layout-set-staff-size 26)
> }
>
> }
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jakob
>
layout-set-staff-size is intended to resize an individual staff within a
group of others at a default size. In your case, you've resized (but not
respaced) all the Staffs relative to the implicit default 20 pt staff
height, which is why things got cramped. What you want to do instead is put
this command near the top of your file:
#(set-global-staff-size 26)
This changes the default staff size and respaces accordingly. By doing
this, you can then remove the layout-set-staff-size command completely as
it is no longer necessary.
Hope that helps,
Abraham
