Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 95, Issue 119

[Patrick Karl]

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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:55:49 -0400
> From: "Fr. Michael Gilmary" <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: extra spacing between staves and verses
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> Thanks to Xavier and Bill for the solutions offered. Now, at least, I've 
> got v. 2.13.37 working, but I couldn't get Bill's
> system-system-spacing
> to work, though. No change was produced. And Xavier's
> score-system-spacing
> worked ... but /globally/. I looked at the Notation Ref. 4.4.1 about 
> vertical spacing between staves since what I'm working with is a hymn 
> with verses where the music changes slightly from verse to verse and so 
> I'd like the verses set apart from each other a bit.
> 
> Any suggestions?

It's pretty hacky and klunky, but why not simply insert one or more of the 
following lines at the point where your sample says, "I'd like to have extra 
vertical space here":

\markup { " " }

This works in version 2.12.3.
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> Attached is a sample of the music.
> 
> fr. michael gilmary, mma