On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 3:23 AM, Eluze <elu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Eric Pancer wrote >>> either put these indications in a supplemental (Lyric) staff (staves) or >>> add >>> some padding: >> >> Would I use a \ChoirStaff for it, with drum notation? > > here's a simplified example:
[..] Thank you, the example worked quite well. One more issue: my lyrics above the second line of music have more affinity towards the bottom lyric of the first line, than the actual notes of the second line. Any pointers on how to fix it are appreciated. <http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3107300/Transcriptions/abakua-layout-issue-20121205-1713UTC.png> Code snippet: %% BEGIN %% \version "2.16.0" \header { title = "Abakuá Solo Licks " composer = " " tagline = " " } \paper { top-margin = 2\cm bottom-margin = 3\cm } % example A exAAnotes = \drummode { sn8 sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn r8 sn8 r8 r8 r4. r2. } exAAtones = \lyricmode { m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m } exAAstick = \lyricmode { R L R R L R R L R R L R R L R R L R R L R R L R R L R R } % example B exABnotes = \drummode { sn8 sn sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn sn r8 sn8 sn sn sn r8 sn8 sn r8 r8 r4. r2. } exABtones = \lyricmode { m m s s m m s s m m s s m m s s m m s s m m s s m m s s m s } exABstick = \lyricmode { R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L L R } % layout the score \score { << \new DrumStaff = exAA << \repeat volta 2 { \time 6/8 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"ex. A" \new DrumVoice = exAA \with { fontSize = #-2 } { \exAAnotes } } \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = exAA fontSize = #-2 } \lyricsto exAA \exAAtones \new Lyrics \with { fontSize = #-2 } \lyricsto exAA \exAAstick >> >> } \score { << \new DrumStaff = exAB << \repeat volta 2 { \time 6/8 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"ex. B" \new DrumVoice = exAB \with { fontSize = #-2 } { \exABnotes } } \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = exAB fontSize = #-2 } \lyricsto exAB \exABtones \new Lyrics \with { fontSize = #-2 } \lyricsto exAB \exABstick >> >> } % set ts=4 %% END %% _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user