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Re: lyrics
From: |
Jan Nieuwenhuizen |
Subject: |
Re: lyrics |
Date: |
01 Nov 2001 14:40:26 +0100 |
Maury Merkin <address@hidden> writes:
> I have found that my problem with lining up the lyrics is always in the
> case of tied notes. So that if I have a word "ride" which is to be sung
> on a g-sharp eighth note and then held for an additional half note (in ly
> notation: | b8 gis' ~ gis2 | ) the lyric is never made to hold for the
> duration but, rather, the word "long" is properly shown as sung on the b
> eighth note and "ride" is properly shown as sung on the g-sharp eighth
> note but then the next word is shown as sung on the g-sharp half note.
That's what automaticMelismata is for:
\score {
\addlyrics
\context Staff \notes \relative c '' {
\property Staff.automaticMelismata = ##t
b8 gis' ~ gis2 c
}
\context Lyrics \lyrics {
word ride long
}
}
> UGH!!!
It's in the manual, too
http://lilypond.org/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Printing-lyrics.html
--
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org
- Re: lyrics, Maury Merkin, 2001/11/01
- Re: lyrics,
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <=