Changing the width of ledger lines - Revision history

Lemzwerg: New category

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Lemzwerg at 22:49, 21 November 2025

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Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:44:45Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

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	If you want to modify the width of ledger lines (for example to make them wider) you can do this by overriding the values of <code>LedgerLineSpanner.length-fraction</code> and (optionally) <code>LedgerLineSpanner.minimum-length-fraction</code>.		If you want to modify the width of ledger lines (for example to make them wider) you can do this by overriding the values of <code>LedgerLineSpanner.length-fraction</code> and (optionally) <code>LedgerLineSpanner.minimum-length-fraction</code>.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	% Override LedgerLineSpanner.length-fraction to change the width		% Override LedgerLineSpanner.length-fraction to change the width
	% of ledger lines. Its default setting is 0.25 which extends ledger		% of ledger lines. Its default setting is 0.25 which extends ledger

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:50:19Z

Import snippet from LSR

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If you want to modify the width of ledger lines (for example to make them wider) you can do this by overriding the values of <code>LedgerLineSpanner.length-fraction</code> and (optionally) <code>LedgerLineSpanner.minimum-length-fraction</code>.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
% Override LedgerLineSpanner.length-fraction to change the width
% of ledger lines. Its default setting is 0.25 which extends ledger
% lines beyond the note head on each side by 0.25 times the width
% of the note head. (1.0 is equal to the width of the note head.)
%
% LilyPond will automatically shorten ledger lines to avoid collisions.
% LedgerLineSpanner.minimum-length-fraction sets their minimum
% length (i.e. smallest possible length) for such cases of potential
% collision. It guarantees that ledger lines will always be at least
% that wide. Its default setting is 0.25 (It should always be less
% than or equal to the value of LedgerLineSpanner.length-fraction.)
%
% See the illustrations here:
% http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Widening-ledger-lines-by-overriding-LedgerLineSpanner-td162842.html#a162850

notes = {
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}

<<
\new Staff \with {
instrumentName = "default "
} {
\notes
}
\new Staff \with {
instrumentName = "wider "
\override LedgerLineSpanner.length-fraction = #0.45
\override LedgerLineSpanner.minimum-length-fraction = #0.45
} {
\notes
}
>>
</lilypond>

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