Re: Staff spacing for Z beam

[Keith OHara]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:42:27 -0700, Helge Kruse <address@hidden> wrote:

> 2012/10/26 Keith OHara <address@hidden>
>
> > Making space locally is probably the better option.  You need to find
> > something that does not overlay the staves (that is, not the Stems) and
> > tell LilyPond to give that thing more space

> Further I have at least three lines of
> these Z beams. Can I place an invisible strut at the Z beams?

The beams are allowed to overlap the staff, so asking LilyPond to allow more 
space for the beams will not cause her to move the staves further apart.

Sometimes I put a text mark, consisting of one empty space, on a note, just so 
I have something to take up space.

<< \new Staff="upper" s1
   \new Staff="lower" {\clef bass r4
   \repeat unfold 3 {
     \change Staff="upper"
     <b d'>8[
     \change Staff="lower"
     <c' c>] -\tweak #'Y-offset #9 ^" "
   }}>>