Re: Odd vertical spacing of lyrics

[Carl Sorensen]

Keith OHara <k-ohara5a5a <at> oco.net> writes:

> 
> Carl Sorensen <c_sorensen <at> byu.edu> writes:
> 
> > On 1/18/11 8:26 AM, "Mike Solomon" <mikesol <at> ufl.edu> wrote:
> > > 
> > > The following snippet is giving me the attached output w/ the soprano line
> > > shifted way up after the line break.  Is there any way to get the soprano
> > > correctly aligned (w/o changing the distance between systems - this
minimal
> > > example approximates a larger one w/ many systems over several pages).
> > > 
> > > \version "2.13.47"
> > 
> > Mike,
> > 
> > I got it to work successfully with the following change:
> >   [...]
> > The lyrics were still a little bit high, however.
> 
> That's an effect of using the same spacing between the center of the staff and
> the *baseline* of the lyrics whether they are above or below.
> 

It's not the absolute position of the lyrics that I found to be wrong; it's
the difference in position between the first and second systems.

Do you have an explanation for why the lyrics fit tightly above the staff in
the first system, but not in the second system?

Thanks,

Carl