Arvid Grøtting wrote:
Also, do you happen to know how to bring dynamic
marks a bit closer to the staff by default?
I'm not quite sure, but read the fine manual; it's probably in there.
The default is already fairly close, in my opinion. However, you can reduce
it somewhat more by reducing the padding:
\override DynamicLineSpanner #'padding = #0.1
(the default is 0.6).
Finally, are there any
other overrides you suggest for vocal pieces?
Oh, lots.
...
If you have "on-and-off" lyrics, you may want this:
\override Score.VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t
This has been the default for lyrics for a long time now. No need to
specify it explicitly!
This of course depends on proper use of this:
\context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext }
Here's a few more tricks:
\new Staff = "tenors" \with {
\override VerticalAxisGroup #'keep-fixed-while-stretching = ##t
} <<
\clef "treble_8"
\set Staff.instrumentName = \markup{
vcenter "Tenor "
\column {
\hcenter "I"
\hcenter "II"}}
You'll want #'keep-fixed-while-stretching to be ##t on any staff that has lyrics
attached above it, and #'keep-fixed-while-stretching = ##f on lyrics that are
above a staff, not below another.
This one only applies to the latest 2.11.x releases, not to 2.10!
Also, vocal voices tend to do things, ehm, differently, so I have these instead
of \oneVoice, \voiceOne and \voiceTwo:
songVoice = {
\dynamicUp
\phrasingSlurUp
\slurUp
\override TextScript #'direction = #1
}
songVoiceOne = {
\songVoice
\override RepeatTie #'direction = #1
\voiceOne
}
This seems to set the same properties twice! As far as I can see, you can
just as well say
songVoiceOne = {
\dynamicUp
\override RepeatTie #'direction = #1
\voiceOne
}
and get the same result.
songVoiceTwo = {
\dynamicDown
\phrasingSlurDown
\override TextScript #'direction = #-1
\override RepeatTie #'direction = #-1
\voiceTwo
}
Again, you can remove some redundancy, since \voiceTwo already sets
the direction of phrasing slurs and text scripts.
/Mats
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