Hello,
I have a questions: Why are the hyphens between the syllables sysllables
by itself with a text of "-"?
I don't know, if this actually looks like you wish, but I think, you
will come closer, if you use hyphens and melismata (see attached)
HTH
Jan-Peter
On 24.02.2014 05:53, Antara-Prabhat Kalajian wrote:
> I am having trouble with the spacing of the lyrics on this score.
> The straight words (Bengali language) are: Ajanar maha parichoy
> But perhaps because of the bar lines,
> the syllables are being spaced very far apart,
> so that the words are no longer recognizable (in most instances).
> As you can see, I've manually inserted a bar and break of my own.
> Perhaps my method could be improved upon,
> but this makes the typeset score appear the way I want.
\version "2.18.0"
\include "english.ly"
melody =
\relative bf' {
\key df \major
\autoBeamOff % I prefer manual beaming for vocal music, but nowadays its a matter of taste
gf'8[ ff] ef[ df] ef2 c8[\melisma df] ef2.\melismaEnd df8[\melisma c] bf2.\melismaEnd % \bar "" \break % why \bar "" ?
gf8[\melisma af] bf[ c] ~ c2~ | c\melismaEnd ef,8[\melisma f!] bf[ af]\melismaEnd gf1
}
text =
\lyricmode {
% you canb change these to your needs
% and you can place it in the layout block ( \context { \Lyrics ... } )
\override LyricHyphen.dash-period = #5
\override LyricHyphen.length = #.5
A -- ja -- nar ma -- ha __
pa -- ri -- choy
}
\score{
<<
\new Voice = "one" {
\melody
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text
>>
\layout { }
}
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