Re: Rest at start breaks lyric spacing

[Colin Wilding]

Thanks, that works and makes sense.  I almost always use \lyricsto anyway.

This isn't a bug, then, I suppose;  but it is unexpected behaviour and
potentially confusing - it confused me, anyway.  Is it worth including in
the documentation or is it too minor?

Colin

On 3/25/06, Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> 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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> >
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