I am working with Lilypond 2.13.8 and have run into the problem that the default spacing between stanzas of lyrics is unacceptably small (it has ascenders and descenders of different lines crashing into each other). I've searched the documentation and the web to find solutions and have found a number of instances where people have described this problem and offered solutions, either globally in the Lyrics context or for specific stanzas (preferable in this case), but none of them seems to have any impact on my file. They don't return errors, they just fail to do *anything* at all and the stanzas stay stubbornly stuck together and ugly.
I include an abbreviated version of my file below (four stanzas are deleted for the sake of brevity). I would appreciate any working suggestions for how to control these spacing issues on a per stanza basis. Best, Arle Lommel \version "2.13.8" \header { % title = "Alma a fa alatt, nyári piros alma" } #(set-default-paper-size "letter") #(set-global-staff-size 16) \paper{ indent = 0\cm top-margin = 4.76\cm bottom-margin = 4.76\cm right-margin = 4\cm left-margin = 4\cm } melody = \relative a' { \key c \dorian \time 4/4 \clef treble c4\( bes8 g8 c8 bes8 g4 | ees4 f4 g8 f4. | c2 c4\) r4 | \break ees'8\( ees4. d4 c4 | bes4 c4 d8 c8 d8 c8 | g2 g4\) r4 | \break ees'4\( ees4 d8 c4. | bes4 c4 d8 c8 d8 c8 | g2 bes4\) r4 | \break c4\( bes8 g8 c8 bes8 g4 | ees4 f4 g8 f4. | c2 c4\) r4 \bar "|." } verseOne = { \set stanza = #"1. " \lyricmode { Al -- ma a fa a -- latt, nyá -- ri pi -- ros al -- ma, Ha -- rag -- szik rám a sze -- re -- tőm é -- de -- sany -- ja, En -- gem gya -- láz, en -- gem tesz a vesz a szó -- ra, Sze -- re -- tem a lá -- nyát, nem te -- he -- tek ró -- la. } } verseOneE = { \lyricmode { \override LyricText #'font-shape = #'italic Ap -- ple be -- neath the tree, scar -- let fruit of sum -- mer, Steam -- ing, fum -- ing, mad at me, my lov -- er’s moth -- er, Treats me like dirt, nev -- er, nev -- er good words from her, But I can -- not help that, for I love her daugh -- ter. } } \score { << \new Voice = "melody" { \melody } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" \verseOne \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" \verseOneE >> \layout { } } _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user