----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sam Roberts" <[email protected]>
> To: "Lillypond Users Mailing List" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 12:41:14 AM
> Subject: struggling to get horizontal space on the page exactly proportional
> to time
> Hello lilyponders. I'm new to music, and very new to lilypond, but I
> thought I'd take a shot at using lilypond to typeset Greensleeves,
> since the printed version I am learning from is just a stream of
> notes, its printed representation obscures the repetitive elements.
>
> Attached is what I have. Notice how the bars don't line up? I know
> that's traditional in sheet music (maybe because space was a premium
> on vellum?), but I'd like to see them line up so I can scan quickly
> and see how the patterns more easily.
>
> Thanks!
> Sam
Sam,
See attached. I commented out the ragged-right bits. I think this may be what
you're after. For the pick-up note at the beginning you would need to adjust
the indent of the first system by quite a bit if you wanted it lined up with
the last beat of the first full system.
-David
\version "2.20.0"
\layout {
%ragged-right = ##t
%ragged-last = ##t
}
\relative c {
\time 3/4
\set proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/4)
\partial 4 d' | \break
f2 g4 | a b a | g2 e4 | c d e | f2 d4 | d c d | e2 c4 |
a2 d4 | \break
f2 g4 | a b a | g2 e4 | c d e | f e d | a2 a4 | d2 d4 | d2. | \break
c'2. | c4 b a | g2 e4 | c d e | f2. | d2 d4 | e2 e4 | a,2. | \break
c'2. | c4 b a | g2 e4 | c d e | f e d | a2 a4 | d2. | d2 \bar "|."
}
