Re: Lyrics - align first wowel of a syllable under the notehead

[Mats Bengtsson]

The following solution avoids the need to manually figure out the 
adjustment value and might
be a starting point for a clever Scheme hacker to do a fully automated 
solution. What it does is

\layout{
 \context{
   \Lyrics
  % Make sure that the alignment point of the syllable is aligned with 
the note head:
   \override LyricText #'X-offset = 
#ly:self-alignment-interface::centered-on-x-parent
 }
}

\relative c'{ c d e f }
\addlyrics {
 % Split the syllable into two halves to set the alignment point:
 \markup {\combine \right-align Dddda \left-align d }
 \markup {\combine \right-align da \left-align dddddd }
 \markup {\combine \right-align Dda \left-align dd }
 \markup { \right-align Dddda }
}

Unfortunately, it makes aligns the note head with the right hand end of 
the wovel, so it's not
perfect. If we try to split the syllable into three parts (before first 
wovel, wovel and the remainder)
and use \center-align on the wovel, you are hit by the same problem as 
in http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=732&q=markup
Note also that the \left-align is redundant and can be removed without 
changing the
results.

   /Mats

Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Jiri,
>
> I've attached a hint on how to do it manually.
> If you need an automated process, perhaps someone on the list will 
> take you up on your sponsorship offer.
>
> Hope this helps!
> Kieren.
>
> \version "2.12"
>
> \paper { ragged-right = ##f }
>
> lyricX =
>     #(define-music-function (parser location saX) (number?)
>         #{
>             \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = $saX
>         #})
>
> theNotes = \relative
> {
>     g a b c | d c b a | g1
> }
> theLyrics = \lyricmode
> {
>     \lyricX #-0.9 Each syl -- \lyricX #0.2 la -- ble’s \lyricX #-0.5 
> vowel \lyricX #-1.8 is \lyricX #-1 on \lyricX #1 the \lyricX #-0.4 note.
> }
>
> \score
> {
>     <<
>         \new Voice = "melody" \theNotes
>         \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" \theLyrics
>     >>
> }
>
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