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From: | Matthew Fong |
Subject: | Re: Setting Gregorian chant: Note spacing for two note neumes seem to depend on length of lyric text |
Date: | Sat, 12 Dec 2020 09:24:29 -0800 |
Hello Aaron,In fact, I did try that early on. It fixed the note spacings for every line, except the last line. Deeper into the hole with this spacing stuff ....I did notice that for pieces with more systems, messing with the scaling of the final Amen would have no impact. I have to change the first multi-note neume to use a denominator of 8 or 16, rather than the denominator of 5, and everything magically snaps to. So I duplicated the syllable function and use a larger denominator value, and gave it a name so I could spot where I use the work-around.Many thanks,mattfongOn Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 3:30 PM Aaron Hill <lilypond@hillvisions.com> wrote:On 2020-10-20 12:07 pm, Matthew Fong wrote:
> I've been a little puzzled by a LilyPond layout issue. I apologize in
> advance for the long example, so I have included the input .ly files,
> and
> sample output. The files will require some commenting and uncommenting
> of
> appropriate sections.
>
> Many thanks in advances for any insights.
>
> *Issue*
> Two-and-more note neume spacing using \syllable function is affected by
> some interaction of the *first* syllable, and the *final* Amen. It
> seems
> like LilyPond can squeeze the notes much closer together, as is seen
> when
> \syllable is not used at all (but does not result in consistent note
> spacing).
Sorry, I do not have much time to dig in further.
I notice one difference is the system count. Have you tried forcing the
system count to three to see if LilyPond opts for tighter spacing?
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\paper { system-count = 3 }
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I suspect that spacing may be just at a cusp where it could fit to three
systems but LilyPond decides to throw in a fourth system. Thus then the
notes are forced to space further apart to fill the extra system.
Just a thought.
-- Aaron Hill
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