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Here we compare the same music; once without altering the property, and then altered. Larger values of <code>ly:make-moment</code> will produce smaller music. Note that <code>ly:make-moment</code> constructs a duration, so <code>1 4</code> is a longer duration than <code>1 16</code>. <pre class="verbatim"> \score { \relative c'' { g4 e e2 | f4 d d2 | c4 d e f | g4 g g2 | g4 e e2 | f4 d d2 | c4 e g g | c,1 | d4 d d d | d4 e f2 | e4 e e e | e4 f g2 | g4 e e2 | f4 d d2 | c4 e g g | c,1 | } } </pre> <p> <a href="../02/lily-57152042.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../02/lily-57152042.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> <pre class="verbatim"> \score { \relative c'' { g4 e e2 | f4 d d2 | c4 d e f | g4 g g2 | g4 e e2 | f4 d d2 | c4 e g g | c,1 | d4 d d d | d4 e f2 | e4 e e e | e4 f g2 | g4 e e2 | f4 d d2 | c4 e g g | c,1 | } \layout { \context { \Score \override SpacingSpanner #'base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1 16) } } } </pre> <p> <a href="../67/lily-2f97c8d1.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../67/lily-2f97c8d1.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> <p class="noindent"> <h5 class="subsubheading">Selected Snippets</h5> <p>By default, spacing in tuplets depends on various non-duration factors (such as accidentals, clef changes, etc). To disregard such symbols and force uniform equal-duration spacing, use <code>Score.SpacingSpanner #'uniform-stretching</code>. This property can only be changed at the beginning of a score, <blockquote> <pre class="verbatim"> \new Score \with { \override SpacingSpanner #'uniform-stretching = ##t } << \new Staff{ \times 4/5 { c8 c8 c8 c8 c8 } c8 c8 c8 c8 } \new Staff{ c8 c8 c8 c8 \times 4/5 { c8 c8 c8 c8 c8 } } >> </pre> <p> <a href="../3a/lily-c6e19218.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../3a/lily-c6e19218.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> </blockquote> <p>When <code>strict-note-spacing</code> is set, notes are spaced without regard for clefs, bar lines, and grace notes, <blockquote> <pre class="verbatim"> \override Score.SpacingSpanner #'strict-note-spacing = ##t \new Staff { c8[ c \clef alto c \grace { c16[ c] } c8 c c] c32[ c32] } </pre> <p> <a href="../c2/lily-68e11a2e.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../c2/lily-68e11a2e.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> </blockquote> <!-- footer_tag --><br><hr> <div class="node"> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Line-length.html#Line-length">Line length</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="New-spacing-area.html#New-spacing-area">New spacing area</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Horizontal-spacing.html#Horizontal-spacing">Horizontal spacing</a> </div> <div style="background-color: #e8ffe8; padding: 2; border: #c0ffc0 1px solid;"> <p> <font size="-1"> This page is for LilyPond-2.11.57 (development-branch). <br> <address> Report errors to <a href="http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs">http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs</a>. </address> <br> Your <a href="http://lilypond.org/web/devel/participating/documentation-adding">suggestions for the documentation</a> are welcome. </font> </p> </div> </BODY></html>