Re: centered chorus lyrics

[Mats Bengtsson]

The easiest solution (which maybe also is the best from a layout
point of view) is to add a line break just before the chorus. However, 
if you really want the chorus to begin in the middle of
a score line, you could put the lyrics of the chorus in the same
context as the first verse and add
\override LyricText #'extra-offset = #'(0 . -2)
in the lyrics where the chorus starts. However, then you will have to 
revert that setting at the next line break (which in turn
means that you have to specify a \break explicitly in order to know 
where the line break will happen).

  /Mats

Quoting Little Lee <address@hidden>:

> I'm typesetting a piece of music that my mother wrote
> that has two verses and a chorus.  I want the lyrics
> to the chorus to be centered between the two staves,
> but I can't figure out how to do that.  I can only get
> the chorus lyrics to either line up with one of the
> two verses, or to create a third line of lyrics.  Can
> anyone help?
>
> Here's a sample:
>
> \version "2.8.5"
>
> upperv = \relative c' {
>         \clef treble
>         \key g \major
>    \time 4/4
>
>                   d4 e8 d g g a g
>                   c4 b g4. g8
>                   a4. a8 a4 g8 a
>         \break
>                   c4 b a8 g4 d8
>         }
>
> upperc = \relative c' {
>                   e'4 e c e8 c
>                   d4 c b2
>                   c4 c a c
>                   b8 c4. d4 g,
>         }
>
> lowerv = \relative c {
>         \clef bass
>         \key g \major
>         \time 4/4
>
>                   <d g b>2 <d g b>
>                   <c e g> <d g b>
>                   <d fis a c> <d fis a c>
>                   <c e g> <d g b>
>         }
>
> lowerc = \relative c {
>
>                   g4 <c e>2 <c e>4
>                   g4 <b d>2 <b d>4
>                   fis4 <c' d>2 <c d>4
>                   g4 <b d>2 <b d>4
>         }
>
> wordsOne = \lyricmode {
>                   These are the words to the first verse.
>                   la la la la la la la la la la la la la
>         }
>
> wordsTwo = \lyricmode {
>                   These are the words to the second verse.
>                   la la la la la la la la la la la la la
>         }
>
> chorus = \lyricmode {
>                   These are the words to the chorus.
>                   I want them to be centered. la la
>         }
>
> \score {
>  <<
>         \context Staff {
>                 \context Voice = upperv { \upperv }
>                 \context Voice = upperc { \upperc }
>                 }
>         \lyricsto upperv \new Lyrics \wordsOne
>         \lyricsto upperv \new Lyrics \wordsTwo
>         \lyricsto upperc \new Lyrics \chorus
>         \context Staff = lower { \lowerv \lowerc }
>  >>
> }
>
>
>
>
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