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3.2.101 spacing-spanner-interface
The space taken by a note is dependent on its duration. Doubling a duration adds spacing-increment to the space. The most common shortest note gets shortest-duration-space. Notes that are even shorter are spaced proportonial to their duration.
Typically, the increment is the width of a black note head. In a piece with lots of 8th notes, and some 16th notes, the eighth note gets a 2 note heads width (i.e., the space following a note is a 1 note head width). A 16th note is followed by 0.5 note head width. The quarter note is followed by 3 NHW, the half by 4 NHW, etc.
User settable properties:
average-spacing-wishes(boolean)If set, the spacing wishes are averaged over staves.
base-shortest-duration(moment)Spacing is based on the shortest notes in a piece. Normally, pieces are spaced as if notes at least as short as this are present.
common-shortest-duration(moment)The most common shortest note length. This is used in spacing. Enlarging this sets the score tighter.
packed-spacing(boolean)If set, the notes are spaced as tightly as possible.
shortest-duration-space(dimension, in staff space)Start with this much space for the shortest duration. This is expressed in
spacing-incrementas unit. See also spacing-spanner-interface.spacing-increment(number)Add this much space for a doubled duration. Typically, the width of a note head. See also spacing-spanner-interface.
strict-grace-spacing(boolean)If set, main notes are spaced normally, then grace notes are put left of the musical columns for the main notes.
strict-note-spacing(boolean)If set, unbroken columns with non-musical material (clefs, bar lines, etc.) are not spaced separately, but put before musical columns.
uniform-stretching(boolean)If set, items stretch proportionally to their durations. This looks better in complex polyphonic patterns.
This grob interface is used in the following graphical object(s): SpacingSpanner.
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