I'm using finmac2k2 and I'm trying to deal with the space eating way Finale
spaces a lyric or chord attached to the first of two tied notes. Does
anyone know of some setting I'm missing or a non-labor intensive workaround
for this? I've known about and worked my way through the chord situation
before but hadn't until today noticed virtually the same problem for lyrics.
You're not alone. The type of music you describe is particularly problematic for balancing music spacing and lyric spacing considerations. With the partial exception of the TG Tools, I don't know of anything that would really qualify as non-labor-intensive.
Perhaps someone will show me otherwise, but in my experience is that if you want really good spacing for music with lyrics you need to go through and set it yourself. If you're interested, I could share some general techniques which I've found useful in reducing the work.
In your case, the first thing I would recommend is this:
(1) Space the entire piece just as you've described;
(2) Ignoring the ugly spacing for now, check that the page layout is how you like it, and lock all the system breaks;
(3) Go into Music Spacing Options and uncheck Lyrics;
(4) Respace the entire piece, and update layout.
This will put all the notes pretty much where you're going to want them to be. Now you can go through the piece and push syllables left or right as needed (mostly right).
If you're a perfectionist like me, you'll also make additional spacing adjustments to certain bars on a case-by-case basis -- especially if nearby bars have wide variations in note/lyric density.
mdl
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