Re: Lyrics too cozy with notes

[Phil Holmes]

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On 16 déc. 2012, at 18:37, "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden> wrote:

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> > In the following example :
> >
> > \version "2.17.9"
> >
> > <<
> > \relative c' { g a' a r4 a1 }
> > \addlyrics { u u u u }
> > \relative c''' { r2 r32 d8.. r4 R1 }
> > > >
> >
> > I'm not convinced that the lower voice should slice through the lyrics. 
> > I'm typesetting a choral works and it looks, while sightreading, that the 
> > u in the higher voice is a sort of annotation for the lower voice (the 
> > spacing is even tighter in my real example).
> >
> > What does real literature do?  Does this type of typesetting ever happen? 
> > I think it'd be worth it to horizontally pad skylines in Lyric contexts 
> > so that this sort of snug fitting doesn't happen.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > MS
>
> I'd expect the staves to be spaced further apart to keep the upper lyrics 
> away from the lower notes.
>
> --
> Phil Holmes
> Bug Squad

Me too - I think it's a valid bug report unless anyone has evidence to the 
contrary.

Cheers,
MS

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The only thing I would say is that, in this situation, the lower line would 
need its own lyrics, and these would typically also be between the staves. 
What happens if you do that?

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Phil Holmes
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