Custom clef and incipit spacing for Gregorian chant - Revision history

Lemzwerg at 05:46, 12 January 2026

2026-01-12T05:46:23Z

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	~~In LilyPond 2.24.4, you~~ may want to reduce the horizontal space after [~~https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation~~/notation/typesetting-gregorian-chant#gregorian-clefs a Gregorian clef]. You can do this with <code>'''\override Staff.Clef.space-alist.first-note''' = #'(minimum-fixed-space . [''insert your preferred spacing''])</code>. Note: LilyPond 2.25 ~~[https://lilypond.org/doc/v2~~.~~25/Documentation/changes/major-changes-in-lilypond features~~ improved spacing for extra-slim clefs].		You may want to reduce the horizontal space after [{{LILYSTABLEDOC}}/notation/typesetting-gregorian-chant#gregorian-clefs a Gregorian clef]. You can do this with <code>'''\override Staff.Clef.space-alist.first-note''' = #'(minimum-fixed-space . [''insert your preferred spacing''])</code>. [Note: LilyPond version 2.25.12 improved spacing for extra-slim clefs.]

	And if your incipit has a four-line staff, but your music uses a modern five-line staff, you may want to add some white space between the incipit and the modern staff. You can do this with <code>'''\stopStaff'''</code> and <code>'''\hideNotes'''</code>.		And if your incipit has a four-line staff, but your music uses a modern five-line staff, you may want to add some white space between the incipit and the modern staff. You can do this with <code>'''\stopStaff'''</code> and <code>'''\hideNotes'''</code>.

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:18:40Z

New category

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	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	[[Category:Real music]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Real music]]
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Lemzwerg at 22:51, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:51:21Z

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Lemzwerg at 17:15, 7 November 2025

2025-11-07T17:15:34Z

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	<lilypond version="2.24.4">		<lilypond version="2.24.4">
	incipitMusic = \relative c {		incipitMusic = \relative c {
	\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4		\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
	\clef "vaticana-do3"		\clef "vaticana-do3"
	\override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.punctum		\override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.punctum
	c1		c1

	% The following line helps with spacing between the first two neumes:		% The following line helps with spacing between the first two neumes:
	\hideNotes c \unHideNotes		\hideNotes c \unHideNotes

	e		e

	% The following line helps with spacing between the second neume and the end of the visible four-line staff:		% The following line helps with spacing between the second neume
	\hideNotes e \unHideNotes		% and the end of the visible four-line staff:
			\hideNotes e \unHideNotes
	% The following line effectively prints white space between the incipit and the modern five-line staff:
	\stopStaff \hideNotes g a		% The following line effectively prints white space between
			% the incipit and the modern five-line staff:
			\stopStaff \hideNotes g a
	}		}

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	chant = \relative c' {		chant = \relative c' {
	\cadenzaOn		\cadenzaOn
	c4 e g\ictus a g2		c4 e g\ictus a g2
	}		}

	verba = \lyricmode {		verba = \lyricmode {
	Sál -- ve, Re -- gí -- na,		Sál -- ve, Re -- gí -- na,
	}		}

	\score {		\score {
	\new Staff \with {		\new Staff \with {
	\incipit		\incipit \incipitMusic
	\incipitMusic instrumentName = ""		instrumentName = ""
	}		} <<
	<<
	\new Voice = "melody" \chant		\new Voice = "melody" \chant
	\new Lyrics = "text" \lyricsto melody \verba		\new Lyrics = "text" \lyricsto melody \verba
	>>		>>

	\layout {		\layout {
	\context {		\context {
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	\remove Time_signature_engraver		\remove Time_signature_engraver

	% The following line reduces the horizontal space between the "vaticana-do3" clef and the first neume (c1):		% The following line reduces the horizontal space between
	\override Clef.space-alist.first-note = #'(minimum-fixed-space . 1.0)		% the "vaticana-do3" clef and the first neume (c1):
			\override Clef.space-alist.first-note
			= #'(minimum-fixed-space . 1.0)
	}		}
	\context {		\context {
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	}		}
	}		}
	}</lilypond>		}
			</lilypond>

	[[Category:Ancient notation]]		[[Category:Ancient notation]]

Gabriel Ellsworth: I added categories.

2025-11-07T12:33:43Z

I added categories.

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	}		}
	}</lilypond>		}</lilypond>

			[[Category:Ancient notation]]
			[[Category:Spacing]]
			[[Category:Staff notation]]
			[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
			[[Category:Workaround]]
			[[Category:Vocal music]]
			[[Category:Real music]]

Gabriel Ellsworth: I fixed some input errors that were preventing the page from displaying correctly.

2025-11-07T12:24:52Z

I fixed some input errors that were preventing the page from displaying correctly.

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	In LilyPond 2.24.4, you may want to reduce the horizontal space after ~~<nowiki>~~[https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/typesetting-gregorian-chant#gregorian-clefs a Gregorian clef]~~</nowiki>~~. You can do this with ~~<nowiki>~~<code~~></nowiki~~>'''\override Staff.Clef.space-alist.first-note''' = #'(minimum-fixed-space . [''insert your preferred spacing''])~~<nowiki>~~</code~~></nowiki~~>. Note: LilyPond 2.25 ~~<nowiki>~~[https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/changes/major-changes-in-lilypond features improved spacing for extra-slim clefs]~~</nowiki>~~.		In LilyPond 2.24.4, you may want to reduce the horizontal space after [https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/typesetting-gregorian-chant#gregorian-clefs a Gregorian clef]. You can do this with <code>'''\override Staff.Clef.space-alist.first-note''' = #'(minimum-fixed-space . [''insert your preferred spacing''])</code>. Note: LilyPond 2.25 [https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/changes/major-changes-in-lilypond features improved spacing for extra-slim clefs].

	And if your incipit has four ~~lines~~, but your music uses a modern five-line staff, you may want to add some white space between the incipit and the modern staff. You can do this with ~~<nowiki>~~<code~~></nowiki~~>'''\stopStaff'''~~<nowiki>~~</code~~></nowiki~~> and ~~<nowiki>~~<code~~></nowiki~~>'''\hideNotes'''~~<nowiki>~~</code>~~</nowiki>.~~		And if your incipit has a four-line staff, but your music uses a modern five-line staff, you may want to add some white space between the incipit and the modern staff. You can do this with <code>'''\stopStaff'''</code> and <code>'''\hideNotes'''</code>.

	~~<nowiki><lilypond version="2.24~~.~~4"></nowiki>~~

			<lilypond version="2.24.4">
	incipitMusic = \relative c {		incipitMusic = \relative c {
			\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4
	~~\sourcefileline 1783~~		\clef "vaticana-do3"
			\override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.punctum
	\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4		c1

	\clef "vaticana-do3"		% The following line helps with spacing between the first two neumes:
			\hideNotes c \unHideNotes
	\override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.punctum
			e
	c1
			% The following line helps with spacing between the second neume and the end of the visible four-line staff:
			\hideNotes e \unHideNotes

	% The following line helps with spacing between the first two neumes:		% The following line effectively prints white space between the incipit and the modern five-line staff:
			\stopStaff \hideNotes g a
	\hideNotes c \unHideNotes



	e



	% The following line helps with spacing between the second neume and the end of the visible four-line staff:

	\hideNotes e \unHideNotes



	% The following line effectively prints white space between the incipit and the modern five-line staff:

	\stopStaff \hideNotes g a

	}		}

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	chant = \relative c' {		chant = \relative c' {
			\cadenzaOn
	\cadenzaOn		c4 e g\ictus a g2

	c4 e g\ictus a g2

	}		}

	verba = \lyricmode {		verba = \lyricmode {
			Sál -- ve, Re -- gí -- na,
	Sál -- ve, Re -- gí -- na,

	}		}

	\score {		\score {
			\new Staff \with {
	\new Staff \with {		\incipit
			\incipitMusic instrumentName = ""
	\incipit		}
			<<
	\incipitMusic instrumentName = ""		\new Voice = "melody" \chant
			\new Lyrics = "text" \lyricsto melody \verba
	}		>>
			\layout {
	<<		\context {
			\MensuralStaff
	\new Voice = "melody" \chant		\remove Time_signature_engraver

	\new Lyrics = "text" \lyricsto melody \verba		% The following line reduces the horizontal space between the "vaticana-do3" clef and the first neume (c1):
			\override Clef.space-alist.first-note = #'(minimum-fixed-space . 1.0)
	>>		}
			\context {
	\layout {		\Staff
			\remove Time_signature_engraver
	\context {		}
			\context {
	\MensuralStaff		\Voice
			\remove Stem_engraver
	\remove Time_signature_engraver		}
			}
			}</lilypond>

	% The following line reduces the horizontal space between the "vaticana-do3" clef and the first neume (c1):

	\override Clef.space-alist.first-note = #'(minimum-fixed-space . 1.0)

	}

	\context {

	\Staff

	\remove Time_signature_engraver

	}

	\context {

	\Voice

	\remove Stem_engraver

	}

	}

	}

	~~<nowiki>~~</lilypond~~></nowiki~~>

Gabriel Ellsworth: I created this new page.

2025-11-07T12:13:55Z

I created this new page.

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In LilyPond 2.24.4, you may want to reduce the horizontal space after <nowiki>[https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/typesetting-gregorian-chant#gregorian-clefs a Gregorian clef]</nowiki>. You can do this with <nowiki><code></nowiki>'''\override Staff.Clef.space-alist.first-note''' = #'(minimum-fixed-space . [''insert your preferred spacing''])<nowiki></code></nowiki>. Note: LilyPond 2.25 <nowiki>[https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/changes/major-changes-in-lilypond features improved spacing for extra-slim clefs]</nowiki>.

And if your incipit has four lines, but your music uses a modern five-line staff, you may want to add some white space between the incipit and the modern staff. You can do this with <nowiki><code></nowiki>'''\stopStaff'''<nowiki></code></nowiki> and <nowiki><code></nowiki>'''\hideNotes'''<nowiki></code></nowiki>.

<nowiki><lilypond version="2.24.4"></nowiki>

incipitMusic = \relative c {

\sourcefileline 1783

\override Staff.StaffSymbol.line-count = #4

\clef "vaticana-do3"

\override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.punctum

c1

% The following line helps with spacing between the first two neumes:

\hideNotes c \unHideNotes

e

% The following line helps with spacing between the second neume and the end of the visible four-line staff:

\hideNotes e \unHideNotes

% The following line effectively prints white space between the incipit and the modern five-line staff:

\stopStaff \hideNotes g a

}

ictus = #(make-articulation 'ictus)

chant = \relative c' {

\cadenzaOn

c4 e g\ictus a g2

}

verba = \lyricmode {

Sál -- ve, Re -- gí -- na,

}

\score {

\new Staff \with {

\incipit

\incipitMusic instrumentName = ""

}

<<

\new Voice = "melody" \chant

\new Lyrics = "text" \lyricsto melody \verba

>>

\layout {

\context {

\MensuralStaff

\remove Time_signature_engraver

% The following line reduces the horizontal space between the "vaticana-do3" clef and the first neume (c1):

\override Clef.space-alist.first-note = #'(minimum-fixed-space . 1.0)

}

\context {

\Staff

\remove Time_signature_engraver

}

\context {

\Voice

\remove Stem_engraver

}

}

}

<nowiki></lilypond></nowiki>