Re: Unique stanza layout

[Mats Bengtsson]

The following alternative to Gilles' solution is more close to your original
example:

<<
 \new Staff <<
   % Keep the context "other" alive during the score:
   \context Voice = other {\voiceOne s1*3}
   \context Voice = "melody" \relative c'  {
     << \context Voice = other { g4  a b4 }
        { \voiceTwo  g4 a b } >> \oneVoice c
    e e e2
    << \context Voice = other { d d c }
       { \voiceTwo d d c } >> \oneVoice \bar ".|."
    }
 >>
 \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { This is the first line of text for 
the music }
 \new Lyrics \lyricsto "other" { This is the second line text }
>>

See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-12/msg00257.html
for an explanation on why it works and why yours didn't work.

  /Mats

liang seng wrote:

> Hi, I am using Lilypond 2.7.27 for Windows 98 and I'm trying to 
> compile a choral work. Here is an simple file of my problem:
> \version "2.7.27"
>
> << \new Staff \context Voice = "melody" \relative c'  {
> << \context Voice = other { \voiceOne g  a b4 }
> \context Voice = melody { \voiceTwo  g4 a b } >> \oneVoice c e e e2 << 
> \context Voice = other
> { \voiceOne d d c } \context Voice = melody { \voiceTwo d d c } >> 
> \oneVoice \bar ".|."      }
>
> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" \new Lyrics { This is the first line of 
> text for the music }
> \new Lyrics  \lyricsto "other" \new Lyrics { This is the second line 
> text }
> >>
>
> Here, the first stanza "melody" covers the entire music. For the 
> second stanza "other", the lyrics only appear at certain points of the 
> music. In the example, it appears in bar 1 and 3. I tried compiling 
> the file but as the output shows, the second stanza does not appear in 
> the 3rd bar. Why is this?
> If I'm not mistaken there is a skip function that allows us to skip 
> lyrics over notes but if the gap is several lines of music, that is 
> not practical. I cannot use another \new Lyric as there would appear 
> to be a gap between the stanzas. Is there a way to make the second 
> stanza "other" appear at bar 3?
> Thank you.
>
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