Hi David,

Thank you!  That was the magic solution!
And what a turnaround time!

LilyPond can do ANYTHING, given somebody
who can play it like a piano!

Bockett Hunter

On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 4:06 PM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote:

> Bockett Hunter <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > You are, of course, correct.  I'm using Version 2.18.2-1.
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 3:05 PM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Bockett Hunter <[email protected]> writes:
> >>
> >> > It's not a major issue, but I cannot get the staff for the incipit to
> >> > align vertically with the staff of the following music.
> >> > It is about half a staff space too high.
> >>
> >> There is a reason LilyPond complains when you omit the \version
> >> statement.  Different versions behave differently.  You should always
> >> state which version you are actually using.
>
> Ok, so this is _after_ 2.17.14
> commit 692b4e4ed7c1aae4d4d53ad59c26c22f2dd2d90f
> Author: David Kastrup <[email protected]>
> Date:   Sun Mar 3 01:04:31 2013 +0100
>
>     Issue 3187: Ugly alignment of text and score within a markup
>
>     For \score within \markup, the reference point (usually the middle
>     staff line) of the lowest staff in the top system is placed on the
>     baseline.
>
>     This is an incompatible change, but the previous behavior (placing the
>     _highest_ y coordinate of the score on the baseline, disregarding the
>     staves) was not useful.
>
> Let's see.  You don't actually _want_ any unnatural alignment, so remove
> your \general-align again and add
>
>       \override Staff.InstrumentName.self-alignment-Y = ##f
>
> to the instrument specification (the default is centering, clearly
> inappropriate for your use).
>
> There is also a ready-made \incipit command: annoyingly I haven't been
> able to make it generate an incipit at all given your example.  No idea
> why.
>
> --
> David Kastrup
>
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