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,
mattfong
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 3:30 PM Aaron Hill <lilyp...@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?
>
> %%%%
> \paper { system-count = 3 }
> %%%%
>
> 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
>
