Hi Robert,
I'm trying to make an example showing mordent symbols with text
labels. I want the note positions spaced so that the text is all on
one line, with notes placed as needed to fit around it.
The easiest way I can think of doing that would be to put manually
sized 'gap fillers' between the notes which is something I often do in
LaTeX, but I can't find any way of doing that in lilypond - it only
seems possible to change spacing globally?
\version "2.18.2"
\header {tagline = ""}
{
\numericTimeSignature
\time 4/4
a'4\mordent^"Mordent"
a'4\upmordent^"Upper Mordent"
a'4\downmordent^"Lower Mordent"
}
There's a dedicated feature for this: just issue \textLengthOn.
Since this doesn't guarantee equal Y position of the text scripts, I
usually handle situations like these by putting my text elements in a
Lyrics context, which has all the right features.
\version "2.18.2"
\layout {
%%% uncomment for better spacing:
% \override LyricText.extra-spacing-width = #'(-1 . 1)
}
<<
\new Lyrics \lyricmode {
"Mordent"4
"Upper Mordent"
"Lower Mordent"
}
\new Staff {
\numericTimeSignature
\time 4/4
a'4\mordent
a'4\upmordent
a'4\downmordent
}
>>
And: If you have any chance, I'd encourage you to update LilyPond to a
more current version. LilyPond has experienced huge improvements since
2.18.2 (which admittedly was the official stable version for quite some
time).
Lukas
