Forums => Tips & Tricks => Topic started by: Yoshikazu on 2011-04-07 07:52 am
Title: Narrow 16th note spacing
Post by: Yoshikazu on 2011-04-07 07:52 am
I sometimes want to narrow successive 16th (or 8th, 32nd) note spacings in order to increase measures that can be put in a system, or just improve the appearance of the staff. But current NWC doesn't have the function to narrow the note spacing unlike the extension.
This is a way to perform this. In short, notate four 16th notes in two different staves two by two, give a little offset to one staff avoiding the pileup, and then layer these two.
Note: Measure 2 is written in ordinary way. Measure 3 is written in the way told above. A little offset is given by invisible 16th and 32nd rests. Stem length should be properly adjusted. In measure 4, the note spacings are slightly streched by using "Extra note spacing 1". In this case one more space adjustment is needed. A small diamond is that. An inserted text of four space characters with "Page Small Text", "Preserve Width".
Layer these two staves.
Title: Re: Narrow 16th note spacing
Post by: Haymo on 2011-04-07 09:36 am
Your's seems to be a solution to an old problem.-
In the present BETA Version is very much easier, just to insert a spacer of 0.4 to 0.6 between each pair of notes which need to be closer together.
Title: Re: Narrow 16th note spacing
Post by: Yoshikazu on 2011-04-07 11:49 pm
Hi Haymo
I didn't know the BETA version. How can I get it? Thanks
Title: Re: Narrow 16th note spacing
Post by: Rick G. on 2011-04-08 08:51 am