Re: Help with Lyrics and D.S.

[Ruud van Silfhout]

Hi Eduardo,

I  managed to get a version that works. Below you can find a "corrected" 
score. What you see in the score is that the lyrics are now "connected" 
to a certain voice. In the case of the normal verses (1, 2 and 3) they 
are connected to the "voiceB" voice and the lyrics for the second voice 
are extended with the first part of the refrain. The lyrics for the 
second part are 'connected' to the other voice "voiceC". The only thing 
that is now strange is the number of skips that must be introduced 
*before* the second part of the refrain. I would expect that this should 
be 3 times a "\skip 1" (one for every full measure) and a \skip 2 for 
the next half, but that doesn't seem to work. Can someone with more 
lilypond knowledge than me shed some light on this or is this a bug?!
I didn't add the other markup (like the segno symbol and the 'Fine' 
text) to the music but I assume you can manage that yourself.

Bye,
Ruud

Eduardo Vieira wrote:

> Hello users,
>  
> I'm slooowly progressing with Lilypond, I would like your help to set 
> the lyrics for this song (Twilight is Stealing). It was originally 
> made in ABC, then I exported to Lilypond. But now I am at a loss with 
> how to fit the lyrics of the "D. S." part under the clef of Bass, 
> right where the "segno" glyph starts.
> Attached is a pdf file generated from the abc source, that shows where 
> the lyrics of the refrain are supposed to go.

\version "2.5.20"
\header {
composer = "Benjamin C. Unseld, 1848-1923     "
crossRefNumber = "1     "
footnotes = "\\\\"
tagline = "Lily was here 2.7.17 -- automatically converted from ABC"
title = "Twilight Is Stealing"
}

verseOne = \lyricmode {
Twi -- light is steal -- ing o -- ver the sea,
Sha -- dows are fall -- ing dark on the lea;
Borne on the night -- winds, voi -- ces of yore
Come from the far -- off shore.
}

verseTwo = \lyricmode {
Voi -- ces of loved ones, songs of the past!
Still lin -- ger round me while life shall last;
Lone -- ly I wan -- der, Sad -- ly I roam,
Seek -- ing that far off home.
}

verseThree = \lyricmode {
Come in the twi -- light, come, come to me!
Bring -- ing some mes -- sage  o -- ver the sea;
Cheer -- ing my path -- way while here I roam,
Seek -- ing that far off home.
}

refrain = \lyricmode {
%Refrain
Far a -- way bey -- ond the star -- lit skies,
Where the love -- light nev -- er, nev -- er dies,
}
refrainBass = \lyricmode {
\repeat unfold 17 { \skip 1 }
% The part of the " Dal Segno"
"D.S.-" Glem -- eth a man -- sion filled with de -- light,
Sweet hap -- py home so bright.
}

voiceB =  {
\set Score.defaultBarType = "empty"
\time 4/4      \key g \major <<   g'4    d'4   >> <<   d'8.    g'8.   
>> << 
a'16    d'16   >> <<   b'4    g'4   >> <<   d''4    g'4   >>   \bar "|" << 
g'4    d'4   >> <<   g'8.    b'8.   >> <<   b'16    g'16   >> <<   
fis'2    a'2
 >>   \bar "|" <<   d'4    fis'4   >> <<   d'8.    fis'8.   >> <<   e'16  
g'16   >> <<   fis'4    a'4   >> <<   fis'4    c''4   >>   \bar "|" <<   
a'4  
c''4   >> <<   b'8.    g'8.   >> <<   fis'16    a'16   >> <<   g'2    
b'2   >>
\bar "|" <<   d'4    g'4   >> <<   d'8.    g'8.   >> <<   d'16    
a'16   >> <<
 g'4    b'4   >> <<   g'4    d''4   >>   \bar "|" <<   d'4    g'4   >> << 
g'8.    b'8.   >> <<   g'16    b'16   >> <<   fis'2    a'2   >>   \bar 
"|"   <<
 d'4    fis'4   >> <<   d'8.    fis'8.   >> <<   g'16    a'16   >> <<   
fis'4
 a'4   >> <<   b'4    fis'4   >>   \bar "|"   g'2.    r4   \bar "|" 
<<   g'4 
d''4   >> <<   g'4    d''4   >> <<   g'4.    b'4.   >> <<   g'8    
d''8   >> 
\bar "|" <<   g'8    e''8   >> <<   g'8    d''8   >> <<   g'8    d''8   
>> << 
g'8    b'8   >> <<   fis'2    a'2   >>   \bar "|" <<   fis'4    a'4   >> 
<< 
fis'4    a'4   >> <<   fis'4.    d''4.   >> <<   fis'8    a'8   >>   
\bar "|"
<<   a'8    b'8   >> <<   a'8    c''8   >> <<   g'8    b'8   >> <<   
fis'8  
a'8   >>   g'2    r8   \bar "|." 
}
voiceC =  {
\set Score.defaultBarType = "empty"
\time 4/4    \clef bass  \key g \major <<   g4    b4   >> <<   g8.    
b8.   >>
<<   c'16   g16   >> <<   d'4    g4   >> <<   b4    g4   >>   \bar "|" 
<<   g4    b4 
>> <<   g8.    d'8.   >> <<   d'16    g16   >> <<   d2    d'2   >>   
\bar "|"
<<   d4    a4   >> <<   d8.    a8.   >> <<   d16    b16   >> <<   d4    
c'4 
>> <<   d4    a4   >>   \bar "|" <<   d4    d'4   >> <<   d'8.    d8.   
>> << 
d16    d'16   >> <<   g2    d'2   >>   \bar "|" <<   g4    b4   >> <<   
g8.  
b8.   >> <<   g16    c'16   >> <<   g4    d'4   >> <<   g4    b4   >> 
\bar "|"   <<   g4    b4   >> <<   g8.    d'8.   >> <<   g16    d'16   
>> << 
d2    d'2   >>   \bar "|" <<   d4    a4   >> <<   d8.    a8.   >> <<   
d16  
b16   >> <<   d4    c'4   >> <<   d'4    d4   >>   \bar "|" <<   g2.    
b2. 
>>   r4   \bar "|" <<   g4    b4   >> <<   g4    b4   >> <<   g4.    
b4.   >>
<<   g8    b8   >>   \bar "|" <<   g8    b8   >> <<   g8    b8   >> <<   
g8  
b8   >> <<   g8    b8   >> <<   d2    fis2   >>   \bar "|" <<   d4    
fis4   >>
<<   d4    fis4   >> <<   d4.    fis4.   >> <<   d8    fis8   >>   \bar 
"|" 
<<   d8    fis8   >> <<   d8    fis8   >> <<   d8    fis8   >> <<   
d8    fis8
>> <<   g2    b2   >>   r8   \bar "|."
  
}
voicedefault =  {
\set Score.defaultBarType = "empty"
}

\score{
 <<
   \context Staff="1"
   {
      \context Voice="voiceB"  { \voicedefault \voiceB }
   }
   \lyricsto "voiceB" \new Lyrics { \verseOne }
   \lyricsto "voiceB" \new Lyrics { \verseTwo \refrain }
   \lyricsto "voiceB" \new Lyrics { \verseThree  }
  
   \context Staff="2"
   {
      \context Voice="voiceC" { \voicedefault \voiceC }
   }
  \lyricsto "voiceC" \new Lyrics { \refrainBass  }

 >>
\layout {
}
\midi {\tempo 4 = 120     }
}