Obtaining 2.12 lyrics spacing in newer versions - Revision history

Lemzwerg: Remove official documentation category: this snippet talks about version 2.12, released in 2008

2025-12-13T05:28:21Z

Remove official documentation category: this snippet talks about version 2.12, released in 2008

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	It is possible to set properties for <code>Lyric</code> and <code>Staff</code> contexts to get the spacing engine to behave as it did in version 2.12.		It is possible to set properties for <code>Lyric</code> and <code>Staff</code> contexts to get the spacing engine to behave as it did in version 2.12.

	<lilypond version="2.24" ~~full~~>		<lilypond version="2.24">
	~~\header { tagline = ##f }~~

	global = {		global = {
	\key d \major		\key d \major
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	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	~~[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]~~
	[[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:19:31Z

New category

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	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
			[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 22:56, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:56:49Z

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	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]

Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:54:22Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

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	It is possible to set properties for <code>Lyric</code> and <code>Staff</code> contexts to get the spacing engine to behave as it did in version 2.12.		It is possible to set properties for <code>Lyric</code> and <code>Staff</code> contexts to get the spacing engine to behave as it did in version 2.12.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>		<lilypond version="2.24" full>
	\header { tagline = ##f }		\header { tagline = ##f }

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:48:17Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

The vertical spacing engine changed since version 2.14. This can cause lyrics to be spaced differently.

It is possible to set properties for <code>Lyric</code> and <code>Staff</code> contexts to get the spacing engine to behave as it did in version 2.12.

<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>
\header { tagline = ##f }

global = {
\key d \major
\time 3/4
}

sopMusic = \relative c' {
% VERSE ONE
fis4 fis fis | \break
fis4. e8 e4
}

altoMusic = \relative c' {
% VERSE ONE
d4 d d |
d4. b8 b4 |
}

tenorMusic = \relative c' {
a4 a a |
b4. g8 g4 |
}

bassMusic = \relative c {
d4 d d |
g,4. g8 g4 |
}

words = \lyricmode {
Great is Thy faith -- ful -- ness,
}

\score {
\new ChoirStaff <<
\new Lyrics = sopranos
\new Staff = women <<
\new Voice = "sopranos" {
\voiceOne
\global \sopMusic
}
\new Voice = "altos" {
\voiceTwo
\global \altoMusic
}
>>
\new Lyrics = "altos"
\new Lyrics = "tenors"
\new Staff = men <<
\clef bass
\new Voice = "tenors" {
\voiceOne
\global \tenorMusic
}
\new Voice = "basses" {
\voiceTwo \global \bassMusic
}
>>
\new Lyrics = basses
\context Lyrics = sopranos \lyricsto sopranos \words
\context Lyrics = altos \lyricsto altos \words
\context Lyrics = tenors \lyricsto tenors \words
\context Lyrics = basses \lyricsto basses \words
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Lyrics
\override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity = ##f
\override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing =
#'((basic-distance . 0)
(minimum-distance . 2)
(padding . 2))
}
\context {
\Staff
\override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing =
#'((basic-distance . 0)
(minimum-distance . 2)
(padding . 2))
}
}
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Vocal music]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]