30 Mar 2012 19:11
30 Mar 2012 20:16
Issue 2451 in lilypond: punctuation should not be included in alignment of Lyrics
Status: Accepted Owner: janek.li...@... Labels: Type-Enhancement GSoC-LyricProject New issue 2451 by janek.li...@...: punctuation should not be included in alignment of Lyrics http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2451 Self-explanatory. Both prefix and postfix punctuation marks should be ignored when calculating alignment of a lyric syllabe: , . " ' ? ! ; : ` (list of ignored characters should be customizable) This issue is a part of the Lyrics Project. See related entries: issue 2450 issue 2451 issue 2452 issue 2453 issue 2454 issue 2455 issue 2456 issue 2457 issue 2458 issue 2459 issue 2460 issue 2461 issue 2462 Attachments:(Continue reading)
30 Mar 2012 20:21
Issue 2450 in lilypond: horizontal spacing should be uniform regardless of Lyrics
Status: Accepted Owner: janek.li...@... Labels: Type-Ugly GSoC-LyricProject New issue 2450 by janek.li...@...: horizontal spacing should be uniform regardless of Lyrics http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2450 Current Lily behavior is to calculate horizontal spacing of notes as if there were no Lyrics, and then stretch places where there's not enough space. This results in serious inconsistencies in spacing (especially when there are lots of long syllabes, in particular on short note durations). I suggest a following solution: calculate how long lyric syllabes are compared to the theoretical widths of their respective notes (using base shortest duration) and adjusting base shortest duration so that average syllabe/notehead ratio is close to 1 (either for the whole SpacingSection, or that particular system, or at least measure). Example: \relative f' { \repeat unfold 8 a4 } \addlyrics { \repeat unfold 4 la \repeat unfold 4 straight } the common shortest duration is a quarter note and it would be 3 staffspaces wide by default (that is, the distance between centers of consecutive noteheads would be 3 ss). Four lyric syllabes are short and fit the default spacing perfectly, while another four have a length of 9 staffspaces - 3 times more than the width of the notes they're attached(Continue reading)
30 Mar 2012 20:25
Issue 2452 in lilypond: consonant prepositions in Lyrics should be placed to the left of the note
Status: Accepted Owner: janek.li...@... Labels: Type-Enhancement GSoC-LyricProject New issue 2452 by janek.li...@...: consonant prepositions in Lyrics should be placed to the left of the note http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2452 In some languages (Polish, for example) there are words consisting of consonants only (mostly prepositions, for example 'z' (with)). Obviously, one cannot sing (with a pitched voice) something that is not sonorant; if such words appear in Lyrics, they are treated as part of the next word and typeset together with it (i.e. "z_nim" as one syllabe). However, care must be taken to not place these words directly below their respective notes, to avoid confusion - this is especially visible in melismas, as Lyrics are left-aligned in melismas. Current Lily behavior results in ambiguities in this area. Therefore i suggest that lyric syllabes starting with a single consonant word should be moved to the left - see attachment. This issue is a part of the Lyrics Project. See related entries: issue 2450 issue 2451 issue 2452 issue 2453 issue 2454 issue 2455 issue 2456(Continue reading)
30 Mar 2012 20:29
Issue 2453 in lilypond: long syllabes shouldn't be centered under notes
Status: Accepted Owner: janek.li...@... Labels: Type-Enhancement GSoC-LyricProject New issue 2453 by janek.li...@...: long syllabes shouldn't be centered under notes http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2453 I suggest that long lyric syllabes shouldn't begin further than 2 or 3 staffspaces to the left of the note, i.e. they shouldn't be centered (unless user explicitly specifies alignment). See examples from engraved scores: http://lilypond-stuff.1065243.n5.nabble.com/examples-for-Lyric-report-long-syllabes-examples-td5607319.html In addition to aesthetically better results, this would allow automatic placement of long recitatives sung to one note - currently user has to manually override lyric alignment each time such situation occurs. This issue is a part of the Lyrics Project. See related entries: issue 2450 issue 2451 issue 2452 issue 2453 issue 2454 issue 2455 issue 2456 issue 2457 issue 2458 issue 2459(Continue reading)
30 Mar 2012 20:33
Issue 2454 in lilypond: lyric syllabes shouldn't slide under preceeding notes
Status: Accepted Owner: janek.li...@... Labels: Type-Enhancement GSoC-LyricProject New issue 2454 by janek.li...@...: lyric syllabes shouldn't slide under preceeding notes http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2454 When a melisma ends with a relatively short note, or the next syllabe after the melisma is very long, the next syllabe slides under the previous note. Sometimes this can lead to nasty ambiguities. I suggest that the left edge of a syllabe should be placed no "earlier" than halfway between the note to which it belongs and the previous note. In some special circumstances this can be changed, but never a syllabe should start before previous note ended. engraved examples: http://lilypond-stuff.1065243.n5.nabble.com/examples-for-Lyric-report-preceeding-notes-td5607322.html This issue is a part of the Lyrics Project. See related entries: issue 2450 issue 2451 issue 2452 issue 2453 issue 2454 issue 2455 issue 2456 issue 2457(Continue reading)
30 Mar 2012 20:37
Issue 2455 in lilypond: Lyrics should be compressed when there's not enough horizontal space
Status: Accepted Owner: janek.li...@... Labels: Type-Enhancement GSoC-LyricProject New issue 2455 by janek.li...@...: Lyrics should be compressed when there's not enough horizontal space http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2455 Sometimes long lyric syllabes are attached to short notes - this makes proper spacing difficult. I suggest to reduce widths of such syllabes using two techniques: - use tracking, reduce distance between letters - use a condensed font series or squeeze the letters. When squeezing letters horizontally, care should be taken to make them a bit bolder to compensate for the squeezing. For example, when a letter is narrowed to 80% of its original width, the vertical lines become 20% thinner. This is very noticeable (letters look skinny) and thus it should be countered with making glyphs 20% bolder. Here you can see a hand-made (that is, made with Paint) example how this "lyric compressing" might look like, together with an example from excellent Baerenreiter engraving: http://lilypond-stuff.1065243.n5.nabble.com/examples-for-Lyric-report-compressing-Lyrics-td5607332.html This issue is a part of the Lyrics Project. See related entries: issue 2450 issue 2451 issue 2452(Continue reading)
30 Mar 2012 20:41
Issue 2456 in lilypond: Lyrics shouldn't distort the rhythmical placement of notes
Status: Accepted Owner: janek.li...@... Labels: Type-Ugly GSoC-LyricProject New issue 2456 by janek.li...@...: Lyrics shouldn't distort the rhythmical placement of notes http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2456 Currently lyric syllabes are center-aligned - horizontal center of the syllabe is placed under respective notehead (with exception of melismas which are left-aligned). This leads to poor results - when there is a long syllabe attached to a short note (it happens quite often!), the horizontal spacing of notes is stretched, distorting the rhythm. A master engraver would move the lyric syllabes instead of moving notes; there are plenty examples. The rules are quite simple: 1) the syllabe should remain under the note (i.e. the whole width of the notehead should be placed over respective syllabe). 2) it is preferred to move syllabes to the right. see attached image. More examples, icluding some comparisons, here: http://lilypond-stuff.1065243.n5.nabble.com/examples-for-Lyric-report-moving-syllabes-to-fit-rhythm-td5607291.html This issue is a part of the Lyrics Project. See related entries: issue 2450 issue 2451 issue 2452 issue 2453 issue 2454(Continue reading)
30 Mar 2012 20:45
Issue 2459 in lilypond: vertical positioning of Lyrics, Dynamics etc. - breaking into segments
Status: Accepted Owner: janek.li...@... Labels: Type-Enhancement GSoC-LyricProject New issue 2459 by janek.li...@...: vertical positioning of Lyrics, Dynamics etc. - breaking into segments http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2459 Lyrics, Dynamics (when used in a Dynamic context), ChordNames and perhaps some other things are now typeset in one line: all such grobs in a system have exactly the same vertical position. Sometimes it's good, but sometimes not: when a single note sticks out of the staff, it pushes non-staff lines far away, which is not desired. The solution is to divide these lines into segments which would be positioned separately; of course the "breakpoints" should be chosen carefully, preferably in places when there is a lot of space between consecutive objects (for example, a long rest with no lyrics). See engraved examples here (especially "And with His stripes"): http://lilypond-stuff.1065243.n5.nabble.com/examples-for-Lyric-report-vertical-levels-td5607354.html This issue is a part of the Lyrics Project. See related entries: issue 2450 issue 2451 issue 2452 issue 2453 issue 2454 issue 2455(Continue reading)
30 Mar 2012 20:49
Issue 2458 in lilypond: remove small gaps between lyric syllabes
Status: Accepted Owner: janek.li...@... Labels: Type-Ugly GSoC-LyricProject New issue 2458 by janek.li...@...: remove small gaps between lyric syllabes http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2458 There should be no small, hyphen-less gaps between syllabes. In other words, two syllabes should either be joined as if they were one string, or clearly separated with a (possibly small) hyphen. Now some lyrics have an unspecified amount of whitespace between them, which looks neither like a space between words nor like regular gap between letters. A proper solution would probably require applying kerning to letter pairs from two neighbor syllabes. This issue is a part of the Lyrics Project. See related entries: issue 2450 issue 2451 issue 2452 issue 2453 issue 2454 issue 2455 issue 2456 issue 2457 issue 2458 issue 2459(Continue reading)
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