LilyPond Notation Reference: 4.5.2 New spacing area

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4.5.2 New spacing area

New sections with different spacing parameters can be started with newSpacingSection. This is useful when there are sections with a different notions of long and short notes.

In the following example, the time signature change introduces a new section, and hence the 16ths notes are automatically spaced slightly wider.

\relative c' {
  \time 2/4
  c4 c8 c
  c8 c c4 c16[ c c8] c4
  \newSpacingSection
  \time 4/16
  c16[ c c8]
}

The \newSpacingSection command creates a new SpacingSpanner object at that musical moment. If the automatic spacing adjustments do not give the required spacing, manual \overrides may be applied to its properties. These must be applied at the same musical moment as the \newSpacingSection command itself. They will then affect the spacing of all the following music until the properties are changed in a new spacing section, for example,

\relative c' {
  \time 4/16
  c16[ c c8]
  \newSpacingSection
  \override Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = #2
  c16[ c c8]
  \newSpacingSection
  \revert Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment
  c16[ c c8]
}

4.5.2 New spacing area

See also

LilyPond — Notation Reference v2.19.31 (development-branch).