Re: Lyric Spacing With Slurs - Help Requested

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hello,

> I’m highly unsatisfied with the readability of my melismatic notes in modern 
> notation. The spacing seems to be off, with the slur placing the right-most 
> note almost as if it were a part of the next lyric’s note. I’ve searched in 
> vain (quite some time!) for a way to adjust the horizontal spacing of the 
> slur.

The horizontal spacing of the whole phrase will partially determine what the 
score looks like…

Here’s a modified snippet that might give you some hints about things you can 
do to tweak your scores to your liking:

theMusic = {
  \time 3/4
  \key g \major
  e'4( f') g'   |
  f'( d') fis'   |
}

theWords = \lyricmode {
  San -- ctus
  San -- ctus
}

\score {
  <<
    \new Staff \new Voice \theMusic
    \addlyrics \theWords
  >>
  \layout {
    line-width = 4\in
    ragged-right = ##f
    \context {
      \Score
      \set lyricMelismaAlignment = #-0.7
    }
  }
}

Hope this helps!
Kieren.

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