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 } } _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
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