Re: Regarding horizontal shifts.

[Hwaen Ch'uqi]

On 5/12/12, Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Hwaen,
>
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Hwaen Ch'uqi <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Greetings All,
>>          In this snippet, the second arpeggio overlaps with the preceding
>> cross-staff notation. How may I best solve this? Ideally, I should
>> like to shift the second half of the measure to the right. Has the
>> solution something to do with padding? My efforts thus far have not
>> yielded anything fruitful.
>
> Overriding arpeggio's X-extent (i.e. telling LilyPond that it should
> be wider) should do the trick, but unfortunately doesn't.  I think
> this is a bug; LilyPond doesn't recognize that the last note/chord
> before the arpeggio is in the upper staff.  A workaround is to insert
> something into the bottom voice of the bottom staff and hide it (even
> when it's hidden, Lily will consider it when calculating spacing).
> I hope this explanation is clear.
> Here's an example of such workaround:
>
> \score{
>  \new PianoStaff<<
>    \set PianoStaff.connectArpeggios = ##t
>    \new Staff = up{
>      \key c \minor \time 2/4 \clef treble \relative{
>        <<
>          {
>            <c>4\arpeggio <d>\arpeggio
>          }
>          \\
>          {
>            r16 <g, es> \change Staff = down \voiceOne <g, c> \change Staff =
> up \voiceTwo <g' es> r <c g f> \change Staff = down \voiceOne <g, c d>
> \change Staff = up \voiceTwo <c' g f>
>          }
>        >>
>      }
>    }
>    \new Staff = down{
>      \key c \minor \time 2/4 \clef bass \relative{
>        <<
>          {
>            s2
>          }
>          \\
>          {
>            <c,, c'>4\arpeggio <d d'>\arpeggio
>          }
>          {
>            s8. \hideNotes r16 \unHideNotes
>          }
>        >>
>      }
>    }
>  >>
> }
>
> hope this helps,
> Janek
>
> PS you should be using \voiceOne instead of \stemUp.  The latter
> doesn't result in proper placement of articulations and other things.
>

        Yes, this works beautifully! And thank you for the general tip.
Hwaen Ch'uqi