> One hangup for me is lilypond's handling of lyrics. I don't care as much how > they're entered as how they're output. Right now, it looks like syllables are > aligned so that the left edge of the longest syllable (in polyphonic choral > music) is aligned with the center of the note it's matched with, and in every > other part, the syllables are center aligned with that one long syllable.
Can you give a code sample? In the material I've set, all lyrics for all stanzas are centered under the corresponding note, as you suggest. I have seen some odd-looking output, though, so you might have found a real problem. I also do see syllables extending through bar lines, but there are ways around this. (Whether or not that should be the default is a question I am not competent to answer). > Also, there needs to be a better way to add text above a staff, particularly > if > there are also lyrics. Currently, it seems that text added above a staff > (using > ^) is attached to lyric text, I have seen some really odd things with this, as you note. The (undocumented, as far as I know) \alignAboveContext property fixes it, but I have a little trouble getting that to work consistently. Geoff _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
