Re: Equal spacing of notes in a bar

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 25.08.2015 um 02:51 schrieb William Marchant:
> Thanks to Simon and Abraham.  I found the quoted reference on my own, 
> but I need something which can be applied to  several single bars 
> throughout the music.  It is the lyrics which are distorting just a 
> few bars.  I had hoped there would be a snippet I am unable to find.  
> Is there one?  TIA.
> Bill
There are several issues in our tracker concerned with the shortcomings 
of Lily’s current behaviour, since indeed note spacing should only in 
extreme cases by distorted by lyrics. What can be done?
– Choose a narrower font for lyrics.
– Play with LyricText.self-alignment-X, e.g. (gross exaggeration :-))
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.18.2"

selfAl = #(define-music-function (parser location num) (number?)
            #{ \once \override LyricText . self-alignment-X  = $num #})

mus = { g'8 f'8 e'8 }
text = \lyricmode { \selfAl 1.2 straight straight \selfAl #-1 straight }

\score {
  <<
    \mus
    \addlyrics \text
  >>
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

– choose a wider horizontal spacing in general, either through the 
methods in 
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/changing-horizontal-spacing>
– or by ‘brute force’: something like \paper { system-count = 10 }.

HTH, Simon

> On 15-08-24 03:56 PM, Simon Albrecht wrote:
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > ‘proportional notation’ is the magic word: 
> > <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/proportional-notation>.
> >
> > HTH, Simon
> >
> > Am 24.08.2015 um 20:54 schrieb William Marchant:
> > > I have looked though the documentation without finding what I need. 
> > > The attached code gives me a triplet whose notes are spaced 
> > > according to the words.  I would like to equalize  the spacing 
> > > between the notes.  Is there a snippet I have missed, or some 
> > > technique that will provide this?
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > \version "2.18.2"
> > > global = {
> > >   \language "english"
> > >   \key bf \major
> > >   \time 3/4
> > > }
> > > melody = \relative c' {
> > >     \tuplet 3/2 { bf8 c d }  c2 |
> > > }
> > >   VerseOne = \lyricmode {
> > >   Give me a big
> > >   }
> > >  \score {
> > >   \new ChoirStaff <<
> > >     \new Staff <<
> > >       \new Voice = "Song" {
> > >         \global
> > >         \melody
> > >       }
> > >       \new Lyrics \lyricsto "Song" {
> > >         \VerseOne
> > >       }
> > >     >>
> > >   >>
> > >   \layout {
> > >     \context {
> > >       \Score
> > >     }
> > >   }
> > > }
> > >
> > >
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