Re: Problem with lyrics (or should I say without lyrics?)

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Dominic Sacré <address@hidden> writes:

%{

> What can I do?

You can do (see below), although I don't understand why we need the
hara-kiri-engraver.  I would have thought that an emty line of lyrics
would have dy = 0, and thus, with this

   VerticalAlignment \override #'threshold = #'(0 . 2.5)

set, would take no vertical space.  Hmm.

%}

stupid_melody1 = \notes \transpose c'' { c4 d e f g a b c' }
stupid_melody2 = \notes \transpose c'' { c2 d e f }
stupid_lyrics = \lyrics { do re mi fa so la ti do }


\score
{
  \context GrandStaff
  <
    \context Staff = one
    {
      \addlyrics
      {
        \notes { R1*2 }
        \stupid_melody1
        \notes { R1*2 }
        \stupid_melody1
        \notes { R1*2 }
      }
      \context Lyrics
      {
        <
          \stupid_lyrics
          \stupid_lyrics
          \stupid_lyrics
        >
        <
          \stupid_lyrics
          \stupid_lyrics
          \stupid_lyrics
        >
      }
    }

    \context Staff = two
    {
      \stupid_melody2 \break
      \stupid_melody2 \break
      \stupid_melody2 \break
      \stupid_melody2 \break
      \stupid_melody2
    }
  >
  
  \paper
  {
    \translator {
       \LyricsContext
       % Hmm, we need hara-kiri, because empty lyrics line has still height??
       \remove "Axis_group_engraver";
       \consistsend "Hara_kiri_engraver";         
       VerticalAlignment \override #'threshold = #'(0 . 2.5)
    }
  }
}




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