Re: \tag can't follow \lyricsto

[Trevor Daniels]

Nicolas Sceaux wrote

> Le 15 juil. 08 à 21:02, Trevor Daniels a écrit :

> > Roman Stawski wrote
> > > <<
> > > \new Staff { \new Voice = "dirge" { c''1 } }
> > > \lyricsto "dirge" \new Lyrics { Whoops }
> > > \tag #'harmony \new Staff { a'1 }
> > > >>
> >
> > OK, I see what you are trying to do.  The error is that
> > the order of the commands in the lyrics line is wrong,

> Where does this rule come from?

> > and the \new Lyrics command should be followed by { .. }
> > just like \new Staff is.

> Why should \new SomeThing be followed by { .. } ?

You're quite right, I was too presumptuous in generalising
my workaround to a rule, but I wonder if some advice or
good practice could be formulated which would avoid the
tagged line in this example being interpreted in Lyric mode?

Trevor