spacinglilypond

How do you increase the distance between staves in Lilypond?

I would like there to be more vertical space between the staves.

I am totally lost on this so I didn't know what to try. Sorry.

Solution

  • Look here for documentation on this. The property your are interested in is system-system-spacing. My \paper block looks like this (adjust to taste):

    \paper {
  system-system-spacing =
    #'((basic-distance . 8) 
       (minimum-distance . 4)
       (padding . 2)
       (stretchability . 60)) % defaults: 12, 8, 1, 60
}