Re: Lyrics spacing from LeftEdge?

[Mats Bengtsson]

Isn't a better solution to make the first syllable left aligned
with the note? This should automatically result in left aligned
lyrics and aligned notes.

   /Mats

Quoting Wilbert Berendsen <address@hidden>:

> Hi,
>
> I try to write a hymn (one voice with lyrics below), and I want to align the
> first lyric of each line vertically.
>
> I know i can use the space-alist properties of KeySignature and TimeSignature
> to determine the spacing to the first note, but I want the lyrics to start at
> an exact distance from the left, so the exact place of the first note varies
> with the length of the first lyric syllabe (because the lyrics are centered).
>
> I could manually tweak the place of first note of every line (because I know
> where the linebreaks occur) but I would rather an automatic way.
>
> This time LSR gave me no luck. The Wilhelmus example[1] looks quite like what
> I want, but it aligns the first notes, not the lyrics. In my case the length
> of the words varies quite wildly...
>
> [1]
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/input/wilhelmus.ly
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/input/wilhelmus.pdf
>
> thanks for any help,
> best regards,
> Wilbert Berendsen
>
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