Generally I would fix the first syllable's position (leaving it as it
is), and then move the following ones closer to the first. I believe
this would always produce pleasant results, as if one of the last
syllables would go too early, then it would be still long enough to
remain under the corresponding note (because if it weren't long, then it
wouldn't make the hyphen disappear in normal spacing.)
However, there should be a way to change the first syllable's position,
because in the hand-engraved scores I looked at, they often follow
special rules: generally a syllable has 3 letters, it is centered under
the note, but a 2 letter syllable is aligned to the left side of the
note. So if you have a word with 2 syllables, like money, then in
contraction ney will still be centered under its note, but mo will be
moved to the right. But this is not general rule, so I think it would be
enought to make sure there is a property, which in contraction
situations would allow me to override the default spacing.
Bert
Mats Bengtsson wrote:
Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to dig myself into the C++ source of LilyPond.
I have a long-wished feature, for support automatic lyric contraction.
That means the following:
When there is not enough space for a hyphen to appear, the hyphen is
removed. Like instead of "yeah - yeah - yeah", "yeah yeah yeah". In
these cases I would like LilyPond to automatically contract it to
"yeahyeah - yeah", moving the syllables, taking kerning into account.
How would this contracted syllable be aligned to the two note heads?
/Mats
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