Re: occasional lyric misalignment

[Mats Bengtsson]

Francisco Vila wrote:
> 2009/11/4 Todd Lewis <address@hidden>:
>   
> > Look at the 3rd system, beginning of the 2nd full measure, where the b-flat is
> > tied to the a-natural. The lyrics beneath that are all left aligned with the
> > b-flat. Even if I change the source to explicitly left, right or middle align
> > those words, the remain stubbornly left aligned.
> >     
>
> This is the rule correctly applied that establishes syllables
> left-aligned on first note of a melisma.
>   
> > Another instance of this problem is in
> > http://tarna.oit.unc.edu/~utoddl/lilypond/ctlisrisentoday.tex
> > http://tarna.oit.unc.edu/~utoddl/lilypond/ctlisrisentoday.ps
> >
> > Here the problem shows up at the beginning of the last (4th) system. Again, all
> > the lyrics at the start of that measure are left aligned. Throughout the rest of
> > the piece they are all centered under their respective notes.
> >     
>
> This is manually overriden in the file.  Again, I find this correct
> because that way different phrases (both textual and musical) begin at
> the same horizontally aligned point.
>   
Note that you can change this is configurable in LilyPond. If you want 
centered alignment also for melismas, just do
\set lyricMelismaAlignment = #CENTER
within the corresponding Lyrics context.

   /Mats


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