Re: Shifting notes horizontally

[Nick Payne]

On 19/12/12 15:52, Jim Long wrote:
> Is there a way to insert empty horizontal staff space at an
> arbitrary point in a particular voice?  Yes, much like \hspace in
> markup.
>
> Thank you!
>
> \version "2.16.1"
>
> melody = \relative c'' {
>    <<
>      \new CueVoice { c4. }
>      {
> %    \once \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #20
> %    \once \override Rest #'X-extent = #'(-2.5 . 25)
> %    c,4.\rest
>      r4.
>      }
>    >>
>    \relative c' { c8 d e  c d e   c d e }
> } % melody
>
>
> \score {
>    \new Staff {
>      \time 12/8
>      \melody
>    } % Staff
> } % score

Use Staff.Rest #'extra-spacing-width:

\version "2.16.1"

melody = \relative c'' {
  <<
    \new CueVoice { c4. }
    {
%    \once \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #20
    \once \override Staff.Rest #'extra-spacing-width = #'(-2.5 . 25)
%    c,4.\rest
    r4.
    }
  >>
  \relative c' { c8 d e  c d e   c d e }
} % melody


\score {
  \new Staff {
    \time 12/8
    \melody
  } % Staff
} % score