Re: can lyric spacing be overridden by note spacing?

[Mats Bengtsson]

The simplest solution is probably
\score
{
 \new Staff = "Staff_voice"
 <<
   \new Voice = "Voice_vocal" \melody
   \new Lyrics \with{\override LyricText #'X-extent = #'(0 . 0) } 
\lyricsto "Voice_vocal" \words
 >>
\layout{ragged-right =##f }
}

but then the syllables will collide unless you make sure to get the 
notes to be spaced wide enough. The more philosophical question is what 
you mean by "natural note spacing" since you still want the spacing to 
be wide enough to avoid collisions between the syllables.

   /Mats


Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> Just wondering if there's a way to tell Lilypond (2.12 or later) to 
> set lyrics with natural *note* spacing, as opposed to natural *lyric* 
> spacing...
> Here's a snippet showing what I'm hoping to achieve automagically:
>
> \version "2.13"
>
> melody = \relative
> {
>   c8 d e f g4. f8 | e1
> }
> words = \lyricmode
> {
>   On Thanks -- giv -- ing screeched we, “Eek!”
> }
> \score
> {
>   \new Staff = "Staff_voice"
>   <<
>     \new Voice = "Voice_vocal" \melody
>     \new Lyrics \lyricsto "Voice_vocal" \words
>   >>
> }
>
> melodyHacked = \relative
> {
>   c8-\tweak #'transparent ##t ( d e f) g4. f8 | e1
> }
> wordsHacked = \lyricmode
> {
>   \once \override LyricText #'extra-offset = #'(-1 . 0) "On 
> Thanksgiving"2
>   \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #-0.7 screeched we,
>   \revert LyricText #'self-alignment-X “Eek!”
> }
> \score
> {
>   \new Staff = "Staff_voice"
>   <<
>     \new Voice = "Voice_vocal" \melodyHacked
>     \new Lyrics \lyricsto "Voice_vocal" \wordsHacked
>   >>
> }
>
> Anyone see a (relatively simple) way to implement such an 
> auto-spacing/auto-adjusting feature?
> If so, would it be Frog-able (i.e., without me learning C++)?
>
> Thanks,
> Kieren.
>
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