Re: need some lyrics alignment in a melisma

[Mats Bengtsson]

Try
\override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT
(the default value is #CENTER)

  /Mats

Ted Walther wrote:
> Hi.  I'm typing in some Sacred Harp music.  Is there a way to make a
> word in a melisma be aligned the same as words that are tied to a single
> note?
>
> See, in the four part music, for long stretches people might be singing
> the music in the same time, but one voice might use two short notes to
> sing the word while all the other voices are singing the same word on
> one long note.
>
> I would like the start of this word to line up across all the voices.
> Right now the word seems to be centered inside the melisma (or slur).
>
> Is there a way to fix this?
>
> Ted

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