On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 9:21 AM Johannes Roeßler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Group,
>
> I would like to align markups above my staff - I checked the page
> regarding vertical spacing and found
>
> "\override TextScript.outside-staff-padding = #3" but this just raised all
> markups but still unaligned
>
> \override TextScript.outside-staff-priority = ##f didn't help either...
>
> Any hints?
>
> Best regards
> Joei
>
Hi Joei.
Well, I don't know if this is the best way to do things, but the way I've
been dealing with this kind of thing is by abusing the Dynamics context,
using it to hold and align all kinds of non-dynamic kinds of things. So, if
I were doing it your example would be something like:
\version "2.25.1"
\language "english"
music = \relative c'' {
\partial 2 f4\rest c4
a2 c4( f)
d4 d8 c b4 b
g2 b4( d)
c4 c8 b a4 c
c4 b8 a b4( c)
}
textMarkups = {
\partial 2 s4 s4-\markup entfernend
s1
s2 s4-\markup diminuendo s4
s2. s4-\markup poco
s2 s4-\markup a s4
s4 s4-\markup poco s2
}
\score {
<<
\new Dynamics \with {
\override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing.padding = #4
}
{
\textMarkups
}
\new Staff {
\music
}
>>
}
The \override in the Dynamics context puts some extra space between the
Dynamics line (here, the text) and the staff below it. Details in the docs
at:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacing-within-systems
There's most likely any number of other ways to go about this, with many of
them probably better than this. One drawback to this method being that you
basically have to enter the music twice - once as the notes for the staff
and once as the rhythm for the dynamics. But if it's a relatively short
piece that might not be too bad - most of what I work with is pretty short
so I don't mind doing it this way.
But maybe this'll at least get you started.
Michael
