Good Evening. I am using the gregorian.ly because Orthodox liturgical music is typically unmetered. Additionally, in order to make the hyphens and spaces look "better" I have "expanded" the lyric hyphen and lyric space minimum distances. For most of the settings I use, having the same distance for both (typically 2.25, though sometimes a bit more and sometimes a bit less) works fine.
However, for this setting, the first line is stretched "too much". I typically do not like having to fiddle a lot with settings. Like with latex, I prefer the program to do most of the work. If I change both values to 1.5 or so, the stretching is gone, but then it looks "too compressed". I cannot seem to get an evenly-spaced document. Any help is greatly appreciated. Michael D \version "2.18.0" \include "english.ly" \include "gregorian.ly" \layout { \context{ \Score \override SpacingSpanner.packed-spacing = ##f } \context{ \Lyrics \override LyricHyphen.minimum-distance = #2.25 \override LyricSpace.minimum-distance = #2.25 } } \header { title = \markup\bold\fontsize #0.75 "Hymns of the Resurrection" subtitle = \markup\bold\fontsize #3.5 {"''Lord, I Call'' - Tone 1"} subsubtitle = \markup\bold\fontsize #4.25 {""} poet = \markup\bold\fontsize #1.5 {"Octoechos : Saturday Evening"} composer = \markup\bold\fontsize #1.5 {"Kievan Chant - B. Ledkovsky"} tagline = "Translation - OCA Traditional English" } global = { \key g \major \override Staff.NoteHead.style = #'altdefault \override Staff.TimeSignature.stencil = ##f %\override Staff.BarLine.stencil = ##f \set Score.defaultBarType = "-" \bar "|." } move = { \bar "" \break } soprano = \relative c'' { \global % Music follows here. a2(b) a4 a a a fs g(fs) e1 \divisioMinima g2 a4 a fs1 \divisioMinima } alto = \relative c' { \global % Music follows here. fs2(g) fs4 fs fs fs d d2 b1 \divisioMinima d2 d4 d d1 \divisioMinima } tenor = \relative c' { \global % Music follows here. d1 c4 c c c a b(a) g1 \divisioMinima b2 c4 c a1 \divisioMinima } bass = \relative c { \global % Music follows here. d2(g) d4 d d d d g(d) e1 \divisioMinima g2 d4 d d1 \divisioMinima } verse = \lyricmode { % Lyrics follow here. Lord, __ I call up -- on Thee, hear __ me. Hear, me, O Lord! } \score { \new ChoirStaff << \new Staff \with { midiInstrument = "string ensemble 1" instrumentName = \markup \center-column { "Soprano" "Alto"} } << \new Voice = "soprano" { \voiceOne \soprano } \new Voice = "alto" { \voiceTwo \alto } >> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "soprano" \verse \new Staff \with { midiInstrument = "string ensemble 1" instrumentName = \markup \center-column { "Tenor" "Bass" } } << \clef bass \new Voice = "tenor" { \voiceOne \tenor } \new Voice = "bass" { \voiceTwo \bass } >> >> \layout { ragged-last=##t #(layout-set-staff-size 22) \context { \Lyrics \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity = ##f \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 0) (minimum-distance . 2) (padding . 2)) } indent = 1.25\cm \context { \Staff \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 0) (minimum-distance . 2) (padding . 2)) } } \midi { \context { \Score tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 145/4) } } } -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user