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Lyric spacing
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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
- Lyric spacing,
Don Gingrich <=