Re: LyricExtender extends too far in some verses

[Jonathan Kulp]

Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> > I find it very satisfying when Lilypond complains but still keeps 
> > going and does the job perfectly anyway. ;-)
>
> Me, too… but I also find it very satisfying to discover a way to keep 
> Lilypond from complaining:
>
> nullLyric = \markup \hspace #0
> verseOne =  \lyricmode { tar -- de. __ ¡Ay, Mo }
> verseTwo = \lyricmode { tar -- es. __ \nullLyric }
> verseThree = \lyricmode { ai -- re __ \nullLyric }
> verseFour = \lyricmode { gran -- des. __ \nullLyric }
>
> HTH!  =)
> Kieren.

Thanks Kieren.  I tried this out and it makes the LyricExtenders work 
correctly without console warnings, but it also creates something (not 
sure what) that takes up vertical space and messes up the spacing of the 
next system.  The place in my score where verses 2-4 end is also the 
last bar of a line and there's a repeat sign.  The continuation of verse 
1 happens on the next system, and if I use the \nullLyric command, the 
voice and guitar parts are too far apart vertically.  If I use your 
first suggestion of "" , then I get warnings but the spacing is how I 
like it. :) Images are attached.  The one with closer spacing (using "" 
in the code) looks funny in a minimal example like this, but at least 
you can see the impact on vertical spacing that the \markup \hspace #0 has.

Thanks for the help!

Jon

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