Hello, On 5 March 2012 17:57, Robert Thompson <robert_thomp...@xplornet.ca> wrote: > I've used Lilypond a few times and been generally impressed. However, there > is one thing I cannot figure out: how do I leave a vertical blank space > between lines of music? For example, if I'm transcribing a chart that has a > D.S. al coda, I'd like an inch or so of space between the main chart and > the coda. > > This seems like such an obvious requirement, and I apologize if my befuddled > brain hasn't recognized it in any of the documentation. >
The way I do it is to create a separate \score { } for my main piece and for my coda. Then you can use 'score-system-spacing' http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacing-_005cpaper-variables Something like \version "2.14.2" musicMain= { a b c d ... } musicCoda = { e f g h ...} \score { \musicMain } \score { \musicCoda } \paper { score-system-spacing #'basic-distance = #20 } Then I also use ragged-last-bottom in my \paper variable as set to #t else that interferes with the overall gap I want by 'pulling' the coda to the bottom regardless. That works for me. This also indents the coda as it is a new \score, by default but if you don't want that you can just add indent = 0\mm to your \paper (I think, I haven't tried that specifically but I think it will work). Anyway, I hope you get the idea. -- -- James _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user