Re: How do you move a note horizontally?

[Trevor Daniels]

Helge Kruse wrote Monday, August 03, 2009 12:21 PM
> Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> > Ok, trying it right now...
> >
> > --- On Wed, 7/29/09, Nick Payne <address@hidden> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > From: Nick Payne <address@hidden>
> > > Subject: RE: How do you move a note horizontally?
> > > To: "'Jonathan Wilkes'" <address@hidden>, 
> > > address@hidden
> > > Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 10:25 PM
> > > \once \override NoteColumn
> > > #'force-hshift = #x
> > >
> > > Set x to negative to move to the left, positive to the
> > > right.
> >      I can't get it to work:
> >
> > \version "2.12.2"
> >
> > \relative c' {
> > c \once \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #8 d e f
> > }
> >
> > Am I using it correctly?
> >
> > I also tried the NonMusicalPaperColumn thingy that's listed in 
> > the NR, and it won't do anything either.
> >
> > -Jonathan
>
> Searching the Snippet Repository I think, that the force-hshift 
> works only in polyphonic music. I get this feeling, since in this 
> example

That's correct.  The Learning Manual 4.5.1 Moving objects says:

"o force-hshift

Closely spaced notes in a chord, or notes occurring at the same time 
in different voices, are arranged in two, occasionally more, columns 
to prevent the note heads overlapping. These are called note 
columns, and an object called NoteColumn is created to lay out the 
notes in that column. "

There are various tricks involving invisible
notes or slurs which might be used to increase
the spacing between two notes in a monophonic
sequence, or maybe reading section 4.5 Horizontal
spacing in the Notation Reference will give some
better leads.  Which is best depends on the
precise requirement.

Trevor