Re: Trying to get the hang of "Polyphony with Shared Lyrics" section of the manual.

[Kevin Cole]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 3:37 PM Guy Stalnaker <jimmyg521@gmail.com> wrote:

> Kevin,
>
> You're encountering an known situation with polyphonic contexts like this 
> one. A change in 2.20.x modified how lyrics are calculated in these 
> polyphonic contexts. You need to manually add to the *lyrics* \skip1 to 
> position the lyrics where you want them. Like so:
>
> %%%%
>
> words = \lyricmode {
>   \override LyricSpace.minimum-distance = #1.5
>   Let                                     | %   0
>   E -- rin re -- mem -- ber the           | %   1
>   days __ \skip1 \skip1 of old, Ere her      | %   2 <-- HERE
>   faith -- less sons be --                | %   3
>   trayed her; When                        | %   4
> }
>
> %%%%

Ah! Wonderful! A simple quick fix. Thank you.