Re: repeat and lyrics behaviour

[Alexandre Leclerc]

Hello Mats,

Thank you for your detailed answer. It is very appreciated; this is
exactly what I was looking for.

Yes I'm using the latest version, and (yes) this could be a nice idea
to have that in the manual ;) .

This is a very impressive software; great job!


On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:14:44 +0100, Mats Bengtsson
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Of course it's possible, you are using LilyPond, right? :-)
> 
> (Graham, below you find something that might be useful to include in the
> manual.)
> 
> Seriously, as long as the repeated section appears at the top of
> the piece, it's very easy, just add a new line of lyrics, as in
> the following example:
> 
> \version "2.4.0"
> \score{ <<
>    \relative c' {\repeat volta 2 {c4 d e f | g1 | } a2 b | c1}
>    \addlyrics{do re mi fa sol la si do }
>    \addlyrics{dodo rere mimi fafa solsol }
>  >>
> }
> 
> If the repeated section appears in the middle of a piece, you have
> to play some more tricks to be able to use the \lyricsto feature,
> namely to use a separate Voice context for the repeated part.
> This is illustrated in the following example:
> 
> \version "2.4.0"
> \score{ <<
>    \context Voice = melody \relative c' {
>      % Intro:
>      c2 e | g e | c1 |
>      % Repeated verse:
>      \context Voice = verse \repeat volta 2 {c4 d e f | g1 | }
>      % Ending:
>      a2 b | c1}
>    \lyricsto melody  \context Lyrics = mainlyrics \lyricmode {
>      % Intro:
>      do mi sol mi do
>      % Ending:
>      la si do }
>    % First repeat of the verse:
>    \lyricsto verse \context Lyrics = mainlyrics \lyricmode {
>     do re mi fa sol }
>    % Second repeat of the verse:
>    \lyricsto verse \context Lyrics = repeatlyrics \lyricmode {
>     dodo rere mimi fafa solsol }
>  >>
> }
> 
> Always tell what version of LilyPond you use, when sending a question
> to the mailing list, otherwise you may get an answer that's not relevant
> to your version. I assume that you use the latest stable version, 2.4.x.
> 
>     /Mats
> 
> Alexandre Leclerc wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm a 4 hours newby. Great application (but I must say that the syntax
> > could have been much more user friendly - personal opinion, no
> > flaming).
> >
> > Ok, I'm trying my frist score... I have schematically something like:
> > repeat_volta_twice(do re mi fa sol) la si do
> >
> > And I would like a lyric like "do re mi fa sol dodo rere mimi fafa
> > solso la si do"
> >
> > note:   do   re   mi   fa   sol    :| la si do
> > lyrics: do   re   mi   fa   sol    :| la si do
> >         dodo rere mimi fafa solsol
> >
> > I just don't know if this is possible... if yes, how can I do such a
> > thing? I can't find that in documentation.
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> 
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Alexandre Leclerc