More sophisticated note-lyric spacing with melismas
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:41 am
Please let me know if there's a way to do this. This problem only really appears with ornate vocal lines. As you can see in the picture, in the middle line, the third note is spaced too far from the second note. The sharp is avoiding colliding with the syllable 'pro-', but it's in a different sort of layer and doesn't need to be avoiding colliding with lyrics.
As long as the lyrics don't collide and the notes don't collide (and it's clear which note belongs to which syllable) I think they should be handled nearly separately. Also the next crochet/quarter in the middle line would look better if it were more even.
I normally fix these things manually by deleting beat positions, but this piece is full of them, and it's got me thinking about alternatives.
Cheers,
Vaughan
As long as the lyrics don't collide and the notes don't collide (and it's clear which note belongs to which syllable) I think they should be handled nearly separately. Also the next crochet/quarter in the middle line would look better if it were more even.
I normally fix these things manually by deleting beat positions, but this piece is full of them, and it's got me thinking about alternatives.
Cheers,
Vaughan