Increasing spacing between staves - Revision history

Lemzwerg at 05:32, 3 January 2026

2026-01-03T05:32:54Z

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	Vertical spacing is automatically set so that the layout of a score is neither too cramped or loose. Changing the distance between systems, however, is easy to do. You may want to move systems closer together so that more can fit on the page, for example.		Vertical spacing is automatically set so that the layout of a score is neither too cramped or loose. Changing the distance between systems, however, is easy to do. You may want to move systems closer together so that more can fit on the page, for example.

	~~Four~~ keys ~~are available~~ for fine-tuned control, but you may find that you can get the spacing you want with changes to just one or two. The output of this snippet is the result of a change to a single key, <code>padding</code>. You may want to experiment with the commented-out line below it, which contains the default values for <code>system-system-spacing</code> and shows the syntax to use for changes in groups. Numbers represent distances in staff-spaces.		The paper variable that controls the distance between (independent) staves is called <code>system-system-spacing</code>. It provides four keys for fine-tuned control, but you may find that you can get the spacing you want with changes to just one or two. The output of this snippet is the result of a change to a single key, <code>padding</code>. You may want to experiment with the commented-out line below it, which contains the default values for <code>system-system-spacing</code> and shows the syntax to use for changes in groups. Numbers represent distances in staff spaces.

	For more details you should consult [~~https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation~~/notation/page-layout Section ~~4.1~~ of the Notation Reference].		For more details you should consult [{{LILYSTABLEDOC}}/notation/page-layout Section ‘Page layout’ of the Notation Reference].

	~~<lilypond version="2.24" full>~~
	~~%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=12~~

	~~%here starts the snippet:~~

			<lilypond version="2.24">
	\paper {		\paper {
	% spacing variables may be changed individually:		% spacing variables may be changed individually:
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	}		}

	~~\paper { tagline = ##f }~~		\new Staff {
			\repeat unfold 96 { c''8[ c''] }
	~~\score {~~
	\new Staff {
	\repeat unfold 96 { c''8[ c''] }
	}
	}

	~~\layout {~~
	~~indent = 0\mm~~
	}		}
	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

			[[Category:Paper and layout]]
	[[Category:Spacing]]		[[Category:Spacing]]
	[[Category:Staff notation]]		[[Category:Staff notation]]
	[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]		[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
	~~[[Category:Paper and layout]]~~
	[[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Snippet]]

Ksnortum: Add a link to LilyPond documentation

2026-01-02T20:56:36Z

Add a link to LilyPond documentation

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	Four keys are available for fine-tuned control, but you may find that you can get the spacing you want with changes to just one or two. The output of this snippet is the result of a change to a single key, <code>padding</code>. You may want to experiment with the commented-out line below it, which contains the default values for <code>system-system-spacing</code> and shows the syntax to use for changes in groups. Numbers represent distances in staff-spaces.		Four keys are available for fine-tuned control, but you may find that you can get the spacing you want with changes to just one or two. The output of this snippet is the result of a change to a single key, <code>padding</code>. You may want to experiment with the commented-out line below it, which contains the default values for <code>system-system-spacing</code> and shows the syntax to use for changes in groups. Numbers represent distances in staff-spaces.

	For more details you should consult Section 4.1 of the Notation Reference.		For more details you should consult [https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/page-layout Section 4.1 of the Notation Reference].

	<lilypond version="2.24" full>		<lilypond version="2.24" full>

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:30:22Z

New category

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	[[Category:Staff notation]]		[[Category:Staff notation]]
	[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]		[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
	[[Category:Paper and layout]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Paper and layout]]
			[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 22:54, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:54:55Z

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	[[Category:Staff notation]]		[[Category:Staff notation]]
	[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]		[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
	[[Category:Paper and layout]]		[[Category:Paper and layout]][[Category:Snippet]]

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

2025-11-16T18:49:47Z

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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	For more details you should consult Section 4.1 of the Notation Reference.		For more details you should consult Section 4.1 of the Notation Reference.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>		<lilypond version="2.24" full>
	%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=12		%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=12

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:35:42Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

Vertical spacing is automatically set so that the layout of a score is neither too cramped or loose. Changing the distance between systems, however, is easy to do. You may want to move systems closer together so that more can fit on the page, for example.

Four keys are available for fine-tuned control, but you may find that you can get the spacing you want with changes to just one or two. The output of this snippet is the result of a change to a single key, <code>padding</code>. You may want to experiment with the commented-out line below it, which contains the default values for <code>system-system-spacing</code> and shows the syntax to use for changes in groups. Numbers represent distances in staff-spaces.

For more details you should consult Section 4.1 of the Notation Reference.

<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=12

%here starts the snippet:

\paper {
% spacing variables may be changed individually:
system-system-spacing.padding = #8
% or as a group:
%system-system-spacing =
% #'((basic-distance . 12)
% (minimum-distance . 8)
% (padding . 1)
% (stretchability . 60))
}

\paper { tagline = ##f }

\score {
\new Staff {
\repeat unfold 96 { c''8[ c''] }
}
}

\layout {
indent = 0\mm
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Spacing]]
[[Category:Staff notation]]
[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
[[Category:Paper and layout]]