On 23 May 2017 at 17:27, Don Gingrich <
address@hidden> wrote:
>
> The likely answer is that I'm doing this all wrong, but I'll ask
> and hopefully find a solution that doesn't involve a complete
> re-structure of my source files.
>
> I've read the following several times an haven't found
> anything relevant
>
>
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics>
> I do a lot of song lead-sheets where there may be as many
> as 5-6 verses but the same chorus lyric.
>
> As for example
>
> verseOne = \lyricmode {
> Verse one Line one lyric
> verse one line two lyric
> verse one line three lyric
>
> chorus line 1 lyric
> chorus line 2 lyric
> }
>
> verseTwo = \lyricmode {
> verse Two Line one lyric
> verse Two line two lyric
> verse Two line three lyric
> }
> verseThree = \lyricmode {
> verse Three Line one lyric
> verse Three line two lyric
> verse Three line three lyric
> }
>
> The problem is that the staff spacing
> remains constant in the chorus lines
> so they take up more space than they need.
>
> ___________________(staff)
>
> Lyric 1
> Lyric 2
> Lyric 3
> _____________________(staff)
>
> Lyric 1
> Lyric 2
> Lyric 3
> _____________________(staff)
>
> Chorus Lyric
> <I'd like to get rid of this space>
> < this space too >
> _____________________(staff)
>
> Chorus Lyric
>
>
> The excess space gets worse with more verses
>
> I hope this is a clear exposition of the problem.
>
> Thanks
> -Don
>
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https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-userI had this problem. This fixed it:
\layout {
\context {
\Lyrics
\override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing =
#'((basic-distance . 1.0)
(minimum-distance . 0.7)
(padding . 0.7)
(stretchability . 15))
}
}