Re: Spacing Problem

[Jack O'Quin]

"Michael Lakes" <address@hidden> writes:

> Yeah, fixed note spacing base on note duration would not be good.  I
> thought of that as a fix for this problem, which would look better
> than what's currently produced.
> 
> 
> Notes in a measure probably should have the same spacing if they're
> the same notes.  This case, the 8th note seems to have half the space
> compare to other 8th notes which is immediately noticeable.
> 
> 
> I tried some of those parameters but doesn't seem to get the output I
> want.  It seems not possible to produce fixed outputs proportional to
> the duration ...

I've had good results printing jazz charts in 4- or 8-bar lines by
inserting a few \break commands in strategic places.  This does make
most 32-bar standards easier to read.

Lily does a good job of dividing the intervening measures in sensible
ways.  Very rarely, I add a \noBreak somewhere.  I see no reason to
force each measure to exactly the same width.

My band members really like these charts, BTW.  They are easier to
read than most printed Fake Books.  Thanks to all who created this
great program...
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  joq