Hi Giles,
> I am new to Lilypond
Welcome!
> I would like to remove the space from around the notes and bunch them up like
> in the original. I tried a couple of things I found that looked relevant -
> they're commented out in my snippet - and "\compressEmptyMeasures" but to no
> avail .....
Let’s start here:
%%% SNIPPET BEGINS
\version "2.25.11"
%\version "2.18.2"
\header {
title = "Odhekaton"
composer = "Obrecht"
piece = "Alto"
}
\layout {
system-count = 1
indent = 0.25\in
}
\score {
<<
\new MensuralVoice = "alto" {
\override NoteHead.style = #'petrucci
\omit Score.BarNumber
\clef "petrucci-c2"
\time 2/2
% \override Score.SpacingSpanner.base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment
1/4)
% \override Score.SpacingSpanner.strict-note-spacing = ##t
d'\breve
c'\breve
\[ d'1\melisma f'1. \melismaEnd \]
e'2 d'1 c'1. d'2 e'1 f'2. e'4 f'4 g'4 a'1 g'4 f'4 e'2 d'1 c'2 d'1. c'4 b4
c'\longa
}
>>
}
%%% SNIPPET ENDS
Notes:
1. I added a \layout block with "system-count = 1"; I wasn’t sure if you wanted
it on one system, but that’s one way of forcing that (and I figured you should
know about it).
2. By commenting/uncommenting those SpacingSpanner overrides, you’ll see they
do very little (at least in the one-system layout). If you change the number
1/4 in the first line to 1/1 or 1/64, you’ll see bigger differences… Maybe one
of those is closer to what you want, or maybe not?
3. You can adjust the effective duration (and thus horizontal space) of a note
using a multiplier. Observe what happens when you replace
\[ d'1\melisma f'1. \melismaEnd \]
with
\[ d'1*1/8\melisma f'1.*1/8 \melismaEnd \]
This kind of “hack” can be a useful mechanism to get notes closer together.
Hope something in there helps!
Kieren.
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