Sorry about the attachments; here's a lilybin link 

http://lilybin.com/l8kuff/1 

Dave 

----- Original Message -----

From: "dl mcnamara" <[email protected]> 
To: [email protected] 
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 9:56:57 AM 
Subject: unusual lyric placement in second verse 

Hey all, 

I'm typesetting a hymn where the first section is (volta) repeated with 
different lyrics. 
The way that the words are laid out across the two different lines seems odd 
and distracting to me -- 
particularly on the fourth and eighth bar. 

(a) why is lilypond laying the two line out displaced from one another? 
(b) is there a way to make things line up better? 

Dave 


Here is what's causing the problem (also attached): 


\version "2.18.2" 

%--Default staff size is 20 
#(set-global-staff-size 20) 

\paper { 
top-margin = 8\mm %-minimum top-margin: 8mm 
top-markup-spacing.basic-distance = #6 %-dist. from bottom of top margin to the 
first markup/title 
markup-system-spacing.basic-distance = #5 %-dist. from header/title to first 
system 
top-system-spacing.basic-distance = #12 %-dist. from top margin to system in 
pages with no titles 
last-bottom-spacing.basic-distance = #12 %-pads music from copyright block 
% ragged-bottom = ##f 
% ragged-last-bottom = ##f 
} 

global = { 
\key f \major 
\time 3/4 
} 


melody={ 
\repeat volta 2 \relative c'' { % A section 
a4 f g | 
a4 (b) c | 
c2 b4 | 
c2.\fermata | 

a4 bes a | 
g2 f4 | 
a2 (g4) | 
f2. 
} \break 


} 

hymn=\lyricmode { << 
{ % First A section 
Er -- mun -- tre dich, mein schwa -- cher Geist, 
und tra -- ge gross Ver -- lan -- gen, 
%Gott, wie gross ist dei -- ne Gü -- te die mein Herz auf Er -- den schmeckt 
} 
\new Lyrics { % Second A section 
ein klei -- nes Kind, das Va -- ter heisst, mit Freu -- den zu em -- pfan -- 
gen. 
%Ach, wie labt sich mein Ge -- mü -- the, wenn mich Noth un Tod er -- schreckt 
} 
>> 
} 

%-------Typeset music and generate midi 
\score { 
\context PianoStaff << 
%-Midi instrument values at 
% 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/snippets/midi#midi-demo-midiinstruments
 
\set PianoStaff.midiInstrument = "acoustic grand" 
\new Staff = "upper" { \clef treble \global \new Voice = "melody" \melody} 
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" {\hymn} 
>> 
\layout{ } 
\midi { \tempo 4 = 70 } 
} 

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