Re: Increasing space for lyrics for one part of a verse

[Mike Solomon]

On Dec 17, 2013, at 8:42 AM, bombcar <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> This is the shortest example I can make (I've removed the part of the verse
> that doesn't collide with notes and left only the part that shows the
> issue):
> 
> altoMusic = \relative c' {
>  r4 f2( bes4 |
>  bes8[ a8 g8 f8] g8[ f8] ees4) |
>  r4  f8([ ees8] d4 g4 |
>  g8[ f8 ees8 d8] ees8[ d8] c4) |
> 
>  r4 d8([ c8] bes4 ees4 |
>  c8[ d8 ees8]) d8 c4 f4 |
>  f4 ees4 c4 f4 |
>  f2 f2 \bar "||"
> }
> 
> verseOne = \lyricmode {
>  Glo --  ri --  a,  ho --  san --  na  in  ex --  cel --  sis!
> }
> 
> \score {
>  <<
>    \new Staff = women <<
>      \new Voice = "altos" {
>        \voiceTwo
>          <<  \altoMusic >>
>      }
>>> 
>    \new Lyrics \lyricsto altos \verseOne
>>> 
> }
> 
> 

The score looks good - are you looking to add more padding between the lyrics 
and the staff?

Cheers,
MS