Hi David,
> The piece I am setting can be sung by a baritone or by a mezzo-soprano.
> In the score, therefore, there are 2 vocal staves, one for each of the
> alternative voices. The staves contain identical music apart from an
> octave diffence in pitch and different clefs.
Aside: Have you thought about just having one staff, and putting the clef
modifier (i.e., subscript 8) in parentheses?
> It seems sensible to print the words only once, mid-way between the 2
> staves. But if the words are aligned to the notes in the upper stave
> they appear too high. If they are aligned to the music in the lower
> stave the result is more acceptable, although the words are perhaps a
> little lower than one would wish.
You need to set the #'staff-affinity (and, optionally, adjust the spacing
parameters). For example:
\version "2.19.48"
\language "english"
\layout {
\context {
\Lyrics
\override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity = #CENTER
\override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing.padding = #1.5
}
}
\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff
\new Voice = "upper" { \clef "bass" g2 g a1 g2 g a1 \bar "|." }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "upper" { Words just right! Words just right! }
\new Staff = "lower" { \clef "bass" a,2 a, g,1 a,2 a, g,1 }
>>
Hope that helps!
Kieren.
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