On 25.11.2008 (16:26), Trevor Daniels wrote:
> Eyolf
>
> Does this do what you want? I'm not sure what it is you want to do, so
> this may be wide of the mark. The quotes make a phrase into one big
> syllable which can then be placed by specifying its musical length. The
> notes are spaced out to fit each phrase, but that can be controlled by
> changing the musical length.
Sorry, I wasn't clear. What I'm after is a way to mimic the ligatures of
plainchant in ordinary notation. I've found that the easiest way to do that
(without fiddling with scheme) is to use \time 1/4 and set all the
"neumes" as subdivisions of a quarter note. With \override BarLine
#'X-extent = #'(-1.5 . 1.5), each neume will then be separated into nice
groups, without having to resort to slurs etc.
BUT the problem that remains is that long syllables, like "-bum" cause the
notes on that syllable to be spread wider apart than e.g. with "-ri-", as
in the following example:
\include "gregorian.ly"
spiritusC = \relative c' {
\time 1/4
\override Lyrics.LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #0
d4 \times 2/3 { f8 a g } g a a4 g f8 e
d4 f8 g g8 d f g a g f4 g8 a a4
\times 2/3 { g8 f d } e f g a g4 }
spirLyr = \lyricmode {
Spi -- ri -- _ _ tus _ Do -- mi -- ni _
re -- ple -- _ vit _ or -- _ bem _ ter -- ra -- _ rum,
al -- _ _ le -- _ lu -- _ ia.
}
\score {
\new Staff <<
\new Voice = "melody" \spiritusC
\new Lyrics = "one" \lyricsto melody \spirLyr
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Staff
\remove "Time_signature_engraver"
\remove "Collision_engraver"
\override BarLine #'X-extent = #'(-1.5 . 1.5)
\override Stem #'transparent = ##t
\override Beam #'transparent = ##t
\override BarLine #'transparent = ##t
\override TupletNumber #'transparent = ##t
}
}
}
I should also say that if there is a better way of doing this, I will stop
my search here and now.
eyolf
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