Changing beam thickness and spacing

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To make beams thicker or thinner, alter the beam-thickness property of the Beam grob. To adjust the spacing between beams, alter length-fraction.

\version "2.24"

\relative f' {
  \time 1/8
  \override Beam.beam-thickness = #0.4
  \override Beam.length-fraction = #0.8
  c32 c c c
  \revert Beam.beam-thickness  % 0.48 is default thickness
  \revert Beam.length-fraction  % 1.0 is default spacing
  c32 c c c
  \override Beam.beam-thickness = #0.6
  \override Beam.length-fraction = #1.3
  c32 c c c 
}