Re: Vertical Spacing with Tuplets and Lyrics

[Lib Lists]

Maybe even better than writing explicitly the number of systems per page,
\paper { page-breaking-system-system-spacing.padding = 2 }
(https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/paper-variables-for-page-breaking)
seems to work.

On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 at 23:44, Lib Lists <listslib@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 at 22:18, Mogens Lemvig Hansen <mogens@kayju.com> wrote:
> >
> > It struck we as weird to put the lyrics inside the DrumStaff, so I tried 
> > something closer to what I would have done for a choir:
> >
> > \score {
> >
> >   <<
> >
> >     \new DrumStaff <<
> >
> >       \new DrumVoice { \voiceOne \CyBars }
> >
> >       \new DrumVoice { \voiceTwo \DrBars }
> >
> >     >>
> >
> >     \new Lyrics { \PrOne }
> >
> >   >>
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > Looks better to my eye.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mogens
>
> Yet if the lyrics are something as:
>
> PrOne = \lyricmode {
>   \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
>   \skip 1 "Lyrics for introduction"1
>   \skip 2 "Lyrics for introduction"2
>   \skip 1. "Lyrics for introduction"2
>   \skip 1. "Lyrics for introduction"2
>   \skip 1. "Lyrics for introduction"2
> }
>
> They still clash with the tuplet bracket.
>
> I think the problem is caused by Lilypond putting too many systems on
> the page (have no idea why). The verbose output says
> 'warning: compressing over-full page by 15.2 staff-spaces
> warning: page 1 has been compressed'.
>
> I added \paper { max-systems-per-page = 12 } and it seems to work as it 
> should.
>
> Cheers,
> Lib