Re: lyric vertical spacing

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi, David:

> I went there per your suggestion and tried tweaking the minimum-y- 
> extent
> but I was unable to make it any better.  I eventually tried
> #'extra-offset on the lyrics.  This solved half of the problem.  I was
> able to move them close enough to the staff for my purposes but, of
> course, it did *not* change the spacing of the systems above and below
> the lyrics.

Worst case, you can move each and every staff manually.

Define

staffAdjust =
        #(define-music-function (parser location adj) (pair?)
                #{
                        \overrideProperty #"Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn"
                                #'line-break-system-details $adj
                #})

and then, in your music, use

    \staffAdjust #'((alignment-offsets . (0 -8.5 -15 -25.5 -30.5 -37  
-45.5 -52 -64)))

This is just an example from my own choral composition -- the nine  
"staves" to which the numbers correspond are
    soprano
    soprano lyrics
    alto
    alto lyrics
    tenor
    tenor lyrics
    bass
    bass lyrics
    piano reduction (two staves together in a PianoStaff)

Hope this helps!
Kieren.