Re: line constraint problems

[David Rogers]

On Nov 21, 2005, at 20:20, Arthur Dyck wrote:

> I'm having some line constraint problems with the third line in  
> this piece.
> Lilypond won't let me put the whole measure on one line, although  
> it looks
> like there should be room.  In order for me not to get line  
> constraint error
> messages, I have to put the break where it is or I can't create a  
> break, and
> it's really ugly.  Does anyone have any ideas?
> I'm using 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.1.


Arthur - in your third measure, I think the upper parts have one more  
eighth in the measure than the lower parts do. Could that be  
confusing things?





> \version "2.6.4"
> global =
> {
>     \key f \major
>     \set Staff.autoBeaming = ##f
>
> }
>
>
> \header {
>         title = "Holy God"
>         subtitle = ""
>         tagline = ""
>         poet = ""
>         composer = "Feofanovskoye"
> }
>
> #(set-global-staff-size 15)
> #(set-default-paper-size "a5")
>
>
>
>
> upperOne =
>     \relative c'{
>          \voiceOne
>     \set Timing.timing = ##f
>     \key g \major
>     \autoBeamOff
>     g'8 g2 \bar "||"
>     g4 g8 fis8( g a g4.) \bar "|"
>     b4 b8 a( b c) b4. \bar "|"
>     d4( b8) a4 a8 b a g fis g^\markup { ritard } a g4. \bar ":|"
>     g8 \bar "" \break g g4. fis \bar "|"
>     fis8 fis g4 g8 g g4. \bar "|"
>     d'4( b8) a4 a8 b a g fis g^\markup { ritard } a g4. \bar "||"
>
>         }
>
> upperTwo =
>     \relative c'{
>     \set Timing.timing = ##f
>     \voiceTwo
>     \autoBeamOff
>     e8 e2
>     e4 e8 dis( e f e4.)
>     g4 g8 fis( g a) g4.
>     b4( g8) fis4 fis8 g fis e dis! e fis e4.
>     e8 e e4. dis!
>     dis!8 dis e4 e8 e e4.
>     b'4( g8) fis4 fis8 g fis e dis! e fis e4.
>     }
>
> lowerOne =
>     \relative c' {
>          \set Timing.timing = ##f
>     \key g \major
>     \voiceOne
>     \autoBeamOff
>     b8 b2
>     b4 b8 b4.~ b4.
>     d4 d8 d4. d
>     d4.~ d4 d8 d d b b b b b4.
>     b8 b b4. b
>     b8 b b4 b8 b b4.
>     d4. d4 d8 d d b b b b b4.
>     }
>
> lowerTwo =
>     \relative c {
>     \set Timing.timing = ##f
>     \voiceTwo
>     \autoBeamOff
>     e8 e2
>     e4 e8 b4.( e)
>     g4 g8 d4. g
>     g4. d4 d8 g d e b b b_\markup { repeat three times } e4.
>     e8 e e4. b
>     b8 b e4 e8 e e4.
>     g4. d4 d8 g d e b b_\markup { repeat original melody } b e4.
>     }
>
> firstverse = \lyricmode {
>      A -- men.
>      Ho -- ly God,
>      Ho -- ly Might -- y,
>      Ho -- ly, Im -- mor -- tal have mer -- cy on us
>      \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #-1 "Glory to  
> the Father and
> to the Son and to the" Holy Spi -- rit,
>      \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #-1 "now and  
> ever and unto
> ages" of a -- ges.  A -- men.
>      Ho -- ly, Im -- mor -- tal have mer -- cy on us.
>     }
>
>
> \score{
>
>         \context ChoirStaff<<
>         \context Staff = "upper"
>
>             <<
>             \clef treble
>             \context Voice = "one" \upperOne
>             \context Voice = "two" \upperTwo
>
>             >>
>
>          \lyricsto "one" \new Lyrics {
>                     \firstverse
>         }
>
>         \context Staff = "lower" <<
>                     \clef bass
>                     \context Voice = "one" \lowerOne
>                     \context Voice = "two" \lowerTwo
>
>                     >>
>         >>
>
> \layout {
>         \context{\Staff
>             \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
>         }
>         }
>
>     }
>
>
> \midi { \tempo 4=66 }
>
> \paper {
>     topmargin = .0\in
>     leftmargin = .1\in
>     linewidth = 4.5\in
>     indent = 0
>     printpagenumber = ##f
>
>     }
>
>
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