Hi everyone,
May I ask for some advice?
I would like to have a single line staff that is grouped with other
staffs, which I use to display chords and lyrics into rows above and
below the line. I am using the following tweak on each lyric line, where
'y' is adjusted:
\override LyricText.extra-offset = #'(0 . y)
\override LyricExtender.extra-offset = #'(0 . y)
\override LyricHyphen.extra-offset = #'(0 . y)
to accomplish this for each lyric line. However, in my attempts, the
chords and lyrics shift from one staff system to the next. If I cause
one row of lyrics to disappear over and entire system using the '\skip1'
command, then the other lyric lines shift up or down. This requires me
to do lots of tweaking and adjusting of the vertical spacing over most
of the staff systems that appear on each page.
The spacing between staffs has also affected the lyric spacing in some
of my attempts to get this working. However, it does not seem to be
happening in my example snippet.
I am wondering, is there a way to set up lyric lines so that they are
rigidly placed in relation to a staff and do not interact with other
lyric lines or other staff spacing? Can I add code that ensures that if
another lyric line disappears (or reappears), any remaining lyric lines
will then stay in the same rigid relationship to the staff?
Also, some of the chords and lyrics are running into the bar lines as
can be seen at the end of the example snippet. I am trying to figure out
why this sometimes happens. Are there ways to ensure that this does not
happen. I am using the command:
\textLengthOn
I hope my explanation or example snippet is not too ugly or long to make
my point.
I would appreciate any help or advice. And, thank you for this wonderful
software!
Peace,
David
Example snippet:
%START OF CODE
melody = \relative c' {
\clef "alto"
\hide Staff.Clef
\key c \major
\time 4/4
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
}
"text1" = \lyricmode {
Here the lyric lines are in the right
position because both lines are present.
When the top lyric line is only "\skip1",
the bottom line shifts up.
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
And, the bar lines are clashing with
several words when the top staff is
by itself.
}
"text2" = \lyricmode {
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
\skip1 \skip1 \skip1 \skip1
}
upper = \relative c'' {
\clef treble
\key c \major
\time 4/4
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
%Shift staff spacing.
| c' c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
%Shift staff spacing again.
| c' c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
| c c c c
}
lower = \relative c {
\clef bass
\key c \major
\time 4/4
c4 c c c
c c c c
c c c c
c c c c
c c c c
c c c c
c c c c
c c c c
c c c c
c c c c
c c c c
c c c c
c c c c
c c c c
c c c c
c c c c
}
\score {
\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff = "ChordsAndLyrics" \with {
\override StaffSymbol.line-positions = #'( 0 )
\override BarLine.bar-extent = #' (0 . 2.5)
\override StaffSymbol.Y-extent = #'(0 . 2.5)
}
<<
\new Voice = "mel1" {
\hideNotes
\melody
}
\new Lyrics \with {
\override LyricText.extra-offset = #'(0 . 6.3)
\override LyricExtender.extra-offset = #'(0 . 6.3)
\override LyricHyphen.extra-offset = #'(0 . 6.3)
\override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
\textLengthOn
} \lyricsto "mel1" \"text1"
\new Lyrics \with {
\override LyricText.extra-offset = #'(0 . 6.2)
\override LyricExtender.extra-offset = #'(0 . 6.2)
\override LyricHyphen.extra-offset = #'(0 . 6.2)
} \lyricsto "mel1" \"text2"
>>
\new Staff = "upper" \upper
\new Staff = "lower" \lower
>>
}
%END OF CODE
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