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Left align first word of lyrics


From: Gregory Heytings
Subject: Left align first word of lyrics
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 03:11:12 +0200 (CEST)
User-agent: Alpine 2.02 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14)


Hi list,

Is it possible to automatically left align the first word of multiple line lyrics ? By default the lyrics are all centered under the note, which is okay in most situations, but perhaps not optimal for the first word of a staff. For example, the words "Ccc", "Cc" and "C" are centered under the c note with the following code:

\score {
  \new Staff <<
    \new Voice = A { \relative c' { c d e f } }
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto A { Ccc ddd eee fff }
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto A { Cc dd ee ff }
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto A { C d e f }
  >>
}

I know that it is possible to move a particular word by hand with "\once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #...". This solution is however not only painful to type in, but its result is also most often only approximately correct.

Many thanks in advance,

Gregory



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