The likely answer is that I'm doing this all wrong, but I'll ask and hopefully find a solution that doesn't involve a complete re-structure of my source files.
I've read the following several times an haven't found anything relevant http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics I do a lot of song lead-sheets where there may be as many as 5-6 verses but the same chorus lyric. As for example verseOne = \lyricmode { Verse one Line one lyric verse one line two lyric verse one line three lyric chorus line 1 lyric chorus line 2 lyric } verseTwo = \lyricmode { verse Two Line one lyric verse Two line two lyric verse Two line three lyric } verseThree = \lyricmode { verse Three Line one lyric verse Three line two lyric verse Three line three lyric } The problem is that the staff spacing remains constant in the chorus lines so they take up more space than they need. ___________________(staff) Lyric 1 Lyric 2 Lyric 3 _____________________(staff) Lyric 1 Lyric 2 Lyric 3 _____________________(staff) Chorus Lyric <I'd like to get rid of this space> < this space too > _____________________(staff) Chorus Lyric The excess space gets worse with more verses I hope this is a clear exposition of the problem. Thanks -Don _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
