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Lyric spacing


From: Don Gingrich
Subject: Lyric spacing
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 17:27:36 +1000
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The likely answer is that I'm doing this all wrong, but I'll ask
and hopefully find a solution that doesn't involve a complete
re-structure of my source files.

I've read the following several times an haven't found
anything relevant

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics

I do a lot of song lead-sheets where there may be as many
as 5-6 verses but the same chorus lyric.

As for example

verseOne = \lyricmode {
 Verse one Line one lyric
 verse one line two lyric
 verse one line three lyric

 chorus line 1 lyric
 chorus line 2 lyric
}

verseTwo = \lyricmode {
 verse Two Line one lyric
 verse Two line two lyric
verse Two  line three lyric
}
verseThree = \lyricmode {
 verse Three Line one lyric
 verse Three  line two lyric
verse Three  line three lyric
}

The problem is that the staff spacing
remains constant in the chorus lines
so they take up more space than they need.

___________________(staff)

Lyric 1
Lyric 2
Lyric 3
_____________________(staff)

Lyric 1
Lyric 2
Lyric 3
_____________________(staff)

Chorus Lyric
<I'd like to get rid of this space>
< this space too >
_____________________(staff)

Chorus Lyric


The excess space gets worse with more verses

I hope this is a clear exposition of the problem.

Thanks
-Don



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