Re: Questions - Modern Chant Notation

[Trevor Daniels]



Hi Karen

 

Disabling timing means LP has no notion of where barlines occur, so you do need to indicate these with \bar "".  These then are places where line breaks are permitted.  But you might find it better to force line breaks where you want them by adding \break as well.

 

Add 

    ragged-last = ##f

to the \layout block to force the last line to spread out fully.

 

As a general point it is usually best not to squash so much on a line that the syllable lengths start to control the spacing.  I'd set this on four lines with

    \bar "" \break

inserted after the notes corresponding to the last syllables of

    "dul -- cé -- do",

    "He -- væ." and

    "cle -- mens."

Trevor

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Karen Billings

To: Lilypond-user Mailinglist

Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 7:38 PM

Subject: Questions - Modern Chant Notation

Hi All,

I've be working on converting a Gregorian chant from 4-line notation to 5-line modern notation for service use, and I've stumbled across two problems:

1.  Lilypond does not seem to be able to determine line length any more (line 2 of pdf).  I have to insert a \bar "" to keep it from running off the page (line 1 of pdf)

2.  Lilypond seems to want to cram the last line in as tight as possible (line 3 of pdf) - is there any way to either get a full line - or at least get a bit more space so my poor cantor can sing it?

Thanks much!

Karen

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