Re: Spacing figured bass and lyrics

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Käppler" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 8:39 AM
Subject: Spacing figured bass and lyrics


> > I'm not top posting
>
> Hi all,
> I've encountered a problem when trying to modify the distance
> between a FiguredBass line and a Staff which is placed above.
> If there are Lyrics attached to the Voice placed in the upper staff,
> setting a padding to the FiguredBass line has no effect.
> Maybe I don't unterstand the way this is supposed to work, but I'm
> confused.
>
> See the following example:
>
> \version "2.13.58"
>
> notes = \repeat unfold 20 { a4 b c b }
>
> text = \lyricmode {
>  \repeat unfold 20 { bla bla bla bla }
> }
>
> numbers = \figuremode {
>  \repeat unfold 20 { <3 5>4 <4 6> <_+> <7> }
> }
>
> \layout {
>  \context {
>    \FiguredBass
>    \override VerticalAxisGroup #'nonstaff-unrelatedstaff-spacing #'padding 
> =
> #20
>    \override VerticalAxisGroup #'staff-affinity = #DOWN
>  }
> }
>
> \score {
>  <<
>    \new Voice = "one" \relative c'' \notes
>    \new Lyrics \lyricsto one \text %% Comment this out
>    \new FiguredBass \numbers
>    \new Staff { \clef bass \relative c \notes }
>  >>
> }
>
> Many thanks for any advice,
> Michael


Michael,

There's stuff I don't understand here, but could you be explicit in what 
you're trying to do - get the Figured Bass above the lyrics, or further from 
the top stave, or the bottom stave, or what?

--
Phil Holmes