I read in another thread (see http://www.nabble.com/Lyric-notehead-alignment-problem-td8826736.html#a8826736), that it should be considered as 'normal' alignment of the lyrics under the noteheads, that the first wowel of a syllable is put under the notehead. Indeed, in old chant books, this is the case. I would be happy to achieve this behavior in Lilypond but it does not seem to be the case. Please help, if you can. If I use the (default) centered lyrics alignment, then the syllable is centered under the notehead regardless of any wowel contained. If I use the left alignment, then the first letter of a syllable appears under the notehead again regardless of any wowel in the syllable. Is there a way how to achive a proper 'first-wowel-in-the-syllable alignment under the notehead in Lilypond? Moreover, the syllable causes the first note of the melisma to be padded until the syllable ends while it would be preferrable that the notes of a melisma are kept together regardless of the syllable span under them. I have the impression that the gregorian.ly included causes the problem but I cannot do without it since it contains the definitions of divisiones - the special barlines.
%begin lilypond snippet (please use UTF-8) \version "2.12.1" \include "gregorian.ly" \score { << \new Voice = "cantus" { \stemDown \slurUp \clef "G_8" % Verse 1 — Salve, Regína a4 \melisma a( g a2 ) \melismaEnd d4 \divisioMinima a( g2) f4 ( \melisma e f ) g( f2) \melismaEnd e4( d2) \divisioMaior c4 d d( c) d e( f) g d ( \melisma e) c \melismaEnd d \finalis } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "cantus" { \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT Sall- vve, RRRe- gggí- nnna, ma- ter mi- se- ri- cór- di- ae: } >> } \layout { \context { \Staff \consists Custos_engraver \remove "Time_signature_engraver" \remove "Bar_engraver" \override Stem #'transparent = ##t } \context { \Score \override PaperColumn #'keep-inside-line = ##t \override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'keep-inside-line = ##t barAlways = ##t } } %end lilypond snippet -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Lyrics---align-first-wowel-of-a-syllable-under-the-notehead-tp21600612p21600612.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user