I am a new user of Lilypond, using v. 2.14.2 on Ubuntu 12.04. I have read the Learning Manual and Notation Reference twice each, and most of the other documentation at least once.
Having set two pieces (one for solo marimba, and one for flute and piano), I hoped that I had reached the stage of being able to fine tune the appearance, but stumbled at almost the first hurdle! My first problem concerns the second piece. If I include the piano dynamics separately from the notes, as suggested in section A.2.4 (Piano Centred Dynamics) of the Learning Manual, they do not line up correctly with the dynamics in the flute part, which I have attached to the notes. For instance, with: \version "2.14.2" << \new Staff = "flute" \relative c''' { c1\p c\f } \new PianoStaff << \new Staff \relative c'' { c1 c } \new Dynamics { s1\p s\f } \new Staff \relative c { \clef bass c1 c } >> >> the dynamics in the piano part appear slightly further to the left than those in the flute part do. I get the same result (disregarding the change in vertical alignment) with: \version "2.14.2" dynamics = { s1\p s\f } << \new Staff = "flute" \relative c''' { c1\p c\f } \new PianoStaff << \new Staff << \relative c'' { c1 c } \dynamics >> \new Staff \relative c { \clef bass c1 c } >> >> In the actual piece I have set, the misplaced piano dynamics actually collide with the preceding bar-lines, although that does not happen in the above brief examples. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. David _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user