2010/10/19 Keith E OHara <[email protected]>
>
> The defaults are :
> Staves within a group are spaced 9 staff-lines apart (from centerline to
> centerline).
> After the last staff in a group, the next staff is placed 10.5 staff-lines
> below (centerline-to-centerline).
> After a staff that is not in a group (like percussion) the next staff is
> placed 9 staff-lines below.
>

It certainly looks much much better than in the 2.12.3 :)

However, in my opinion (and i'm an amateur, judging only by my personal
taste about readability) there should be more space after the vocal group.
It's because of the lyrics: now the next group is positioned 10.5 staff
spaces below the centerline of bottom vocal *staff *(tenor staff), but the
visual "center" of the tenor is lower - it's in the middle between top
staffline and bottom of lyrics, somewhere around 4th staffline. So i'd add
something like 1 staffspace after a vocal staff that is the last in group
(or is alone).

The other thing is the spacing of staffs that are not in group. I think they
should be placed 10.5 staff-spaces below *and* and above other staffs. (so
in this case the gap between percussion and piano should be bigger). Here
the percussion is not the best example to see this, because it has only 1
staffline, but imagine a regular staff in its place.

cheers,
Jan

PS sorry for double post, Keith
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