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- maximum-duration-for-spacing
-From: bf250@freenet.carleton.ca (John Sankey)
-To: gnu-music-discuss@gnu.org
-Subject: note spacing suggestion
-Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:28:03 -0400 (EDT)
-
-Currently, Lily spaces notes by starting with a basic distance,
-arithmetic_multiplier, which it applies to the minimum duration note
-of the bar. Then she adds a logarithmic increment, scaled from
-arithmetic_basicspace, for longer notes. (Then, columns are aligned
-and justified.) Fundamentally, this matches visual spacing to musical
-weight and works well.
-
-A lot of the time in music, I see a section basically in melodic
-notes that occasionally has a rapid ornamental run (scale). So, there
-will be a section in 1/4 notes, then a brief passage in 1/32nds, then
-a return to long notes. Currently, Lily gives the same horizontal
-space to the 1/32nd notes in their bar (even if set in small size as
-is commonly done for cadenzii) as she gives to 1/4 notes in bars
-where 1/4 note is the minimum duration. The resulting visual weight
-does not match the musical weight over the page.
-
-Looking at the music I am typesetting, I feel that Lily's spacing
-could be significantly improved if, with no change in the basic
-method used, arithmetic_multiplier could be applied referred to the
-same duration throughout a piece. Of course, the current method
-should be retained for those who have already set music in it, so I
-suggest a property called something like arithmetic_base=16 to fix
-1/16 duration as the reference for arithmetic_multiplier; the default
-would be a dynamic base is it is now.
-
-Does anyone else feel that this would be a useful improvement for
-their music? (Of course, if arithmetic_multiplier became a regular
-property, this could be used to achieve a similar result by
-tweaking.)