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Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system


From: Eluze
Subject: Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 14:25:26 -0700 (PDT)

James Harkins-2 wrote
> Eluze 
> <eluzew <at>
>  gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> 
>> "By default, lyrics syllables that start a melisma are left aligned on
>> their
>> note. The alignment can be altered using the lyricMelismaAlignment
>> property."
> 
> In other words, if you want the left-alignment in the middle of a system, 
> where it makes sense, but you don't want this at the ends of systems, then
> you 
> have to do a lot of overrides, 

well - that's actually 1 override, and the layout is not going to change
much if you're changing left/right/center-aligning, the length of the final
note of a system being calculated using the duration of the last note and
the length of the lyric text …

> I'd still call it a bug. Sure, the feature is working as designed, but the 
> design made a mistake by not considering system breaks.

that's your opinion - maybe it's as Phil stated in his answer: singers
expect the lyric text to start with the note and do not follow other/foreign
aesthetic styles

Eluze



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