Re: How can I properly insert lyrics to a 4-part choral setting?

[Mats Bengtsson]

> On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 11:34:30PM -0300, marcelo martin wrote:
> > The problem is that the lyrics for 
> > alto, tenor and bass end up being displayed under the 
> > soprano staff, together with the soprano lyrics. I get
> > this warning from "ly2dvi":
> 
> >   \addlyrics
> >          \context Staff = alto {
> >          \property Staff.automaticMelismata = ##t
> >          \property Staff.noAutoBeaming= ##t
> >          \altoMel
> >   } % alto 
> >   \context Lyrics \altoLyr
> 
> Have you tried to add the name of the corresponding staff to the lyrics?
> 
>   \addlyrics
>          \context Staff = alto {
>          \property Staff.automaticMelismata = ##t
>          \property Staff.noAutoBeaming= ##t
>          \altoMel
>   } % alto 
>   \context Lyrics = alto \altoLyr
> 
> It worked for me, but was the result of "try'n'error".

Yes, that's the way to do it. If you needed trial and error to
find this out, we have failed with the documentation. 
If you have several contexts of the same type that should be
handled as separate units, you have to explicitly give them 
different names.

   /Mats