[timidity-talk] Spacing in n-tuplets and lyrics

[David B. <dav...@gm...>]

I'm posting this for a friend. In the following code the 5- and
especially 7-tuplet has uneven spacing that appears to be caused by
the lyrics. It appears to be related to this issue:
https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3304


I've found a workaround using:\override
SpacingSpanner.base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1/36) (and
using a smaller font for the lyrics) in the \layout section but I'm
wondering if there is a better approach and if maybe this is a bug.

\version "2.19.20"
voiceA = {
\clef bass
\time 2/2
\numericTimeSignature
e4 fis,4 gis'4 r4 | fis4 e4 r4 d,4 | e4 r4 d4 gis,4 | r4
bes,,4 c'4 bes,4 \bar "|."
}
voiceB = {
\clef bass
\time 2/2
\numericTimeSignature
a2 a2 | \times 4/3 { a4 a4 a4 } | \times 4/5 { a4 a4 a4 a4 a4
} | \times 4/7 { a4 a4 a4 a4 a4 a4 a4 } \bar "|."
}
\addlyrics {
Aw ful pre cis ion im per cep ti ble au to cann i --
bal is m
}
\score {
\new GrandStaff <<
\new Staff = voiceA { \voiceA }
\new RhythmicStaff = voiceB
\with { midiInstrument = #"woodblock" } { \voiceB }
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Score
%\override SpacingSpanner.base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1/36)
}
}
\midi { }
}