Re: Rest at start breaks lyric spacing

[Mats Bengtsson]

What happens is that the \override command isn't seen until the place 
of the first syllable, which is too late if you start
with a rest. If you use \lyricsto instead of \addlyrics (which is the 
only reasonable method in all but the most simple scores
anyway), you can do

\version "2.8.0"
\score { <<
   \new Voice = mv { r4 a'4 b' c'' d'' }
   \new Lyrics {
       \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-2 . 8)
       \lyricsto mv { one two three four
       }
   }
> >
}

or

\score { <<
   \new Voice = mv { r4 a'4 b' c'' d'' }
   \new Lyrics \with {
       \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-2 . 8)
        }
       \lyricsto mv { one two three four
       }
> >
}

  /Mats



Quoting Colin Wilding <address@hidden>:

> It's pretty obscure but I found it eventually...
>
> Version 2.8.0 on Windows XP
>
> If there is a rest at the start of a staff then vertical spacing of lyrics
> does not work.
>
> For example, in this piece the lyrics are spaced away from the staff:
>
> \version "2.8.0"
> \score { \context Voice = mv { a'4 b' c'' d'' }
>    \addlyrics {
>        \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-2 . 8)
>        one two three four
>        }
> }
>
> But in this version (with added rest) the vertical spacing is ignored:
>
> \version "2.8.0"
> \score { \context Voice = mv { r4 a'4 b' c'' d'' }
>    \addlyrics {
>        \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-2 . 8)
>        one two three four
>        }
> }
>
> One workaround is to add a hidden note before the rest, and a skip in the
> lyrics.
>
> Regards
> Colin Wilding
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