Hi,
I've discovered what I think is a really simple and elegant way of
coping with the occasional need in choral music to split from one line
of lyrics to many.
It hinges on creating a new Voice context which contains the notes
during which the lyrics differ. Take the example below.
Hopefully this will help people on this seemingly quite common problem.
Mark
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\version "2.8.6"
sopMusic = \relative c'' {
g4 a b c
\context Voice = "sopDiff" { d4 d e2 }
d4 c b a
}
sopDiffWords = \lyricmode {
This is strange
}
altoMusic = \relative c' {
e4 e e e
f4 f f f
e4 e e e
}
altoWords = \lyricmode {
Here are some words
These look fun -- ny
Back to norm -- al
}
tenorMusic = \relative c' {
a4 g a g
\context Voice = "tenorDiff" { f4 f f8 f f4 }
g4 a a g
}
tenorDiffWords = \lyricmode {
These are diff -- er -- ent
}
bassMusic = \relative c {
c4 c b b
\context Voice = "bassDiff" { a8 a a4 c8 c a4 }
c4 c b b
}
bassDiffWords = \lyricmode {
Bass -- es are diff -- er -- ent
}
\score {
\new ChoirStaff <<
\new Lyrics = sopranos { s1 }
\new Staff <<
<<
\new Voice = "sopNorm" {\voiceOne \skip 1 * 3 }
\new Voice = "sopDiff" {\voiceOne \skip 1 * 3}
\new Voice = "alto" {\voiceTwo \skip 1 * 3}
>>
\context Voice = "sopNorm" \sopMusic
\context Voice = "alto" \altoMusic
>>
\new Lyrics = altos { s1 }
\new Lyrics = tenors { s1 }
\new Staff <<
\clef "bass"
<<
\new Voice = "tenorNorm" {\voiceOne \skip 1 * 3 }
\new Voice = "tenorDiff" {\voiceOne \skip 1 * 3}
\new Voice = "bassNorm" {\voiceTwo \skip 1 * 3}
\new Voice = "bassDiff" {\voiceTwo \skip 1 * 3}
>>
\context Voice = "tenorNorm" \tenorMusic
\context Voice = "bassNorm" \bassMusic
>>
\new Lyrics = basses { s1 }
% Note which voice this is the lyrics to
\context Lyrics = sopranos \lyricsto sopDiff \sopDiffWords
\context Lyrics = altos \lyricsto alto \altoWords
\context Lyrics = tenors \lyricsto tenorDiff \tenorDiffWords
\context Lyrics = basses \lyricsto bassDiff \bassDiffWords
>>
}
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