Re: occasional lyric misalignment

[Francisco Vila]

2009/11/4 Todd Lewis <address@hidden>:
> Look at the 3rd system, beginning of the 2nd full measure, where the b-flat is
> tied to the a-natural. The lyrics beneath that are all left aligned with the
> b-flat. Even if I change the source to explicitly left, right or middle align
> those words, the remain stubbornly left aligned.

This is the rule correctly applied that establishes syllables
left-aligned on first note of a melisma.
> Another instance of this problem is in
> http://tarna.oit.unc.edu/~utoddl/lilypond/ctlisrisentoday.tex
> http://tarna.oit.unc.edu/~utoddl/lilypond/ctlisrisentoday.ps
>
> Here the problem shows up at the beginning of the last (4th) system. Again, 
> all
> the lyrics at the start of that measure are left aligned. Throughout the rest 
> of
> the piece they are all centered under their respective notes.

This is manually overriden in the file.  Again, I find this correct
because that way different phrases (both textual and musical) begin at
the same horizontally aligned point.

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