[Fwd: Re: Starting lyrics on measure 4]

[M Watts]

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Thanks. I had searched the manual but couldn't find what I was looking for. \skip worked just fine.
 

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From: M Watts <address@hidden>
To: Jonathan Klein <address@hidden>
Cc: address@hidden
Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2009 8:55:24 PM
Subject: Re: Starting lyrics on measure 4

Jonathan Klein wrote:
> I am engraving a song which starts with three measures of instrumental before going into the first verse. How do I start the lyrics on measure 4?
> 
Many ways to skin a cat -- if the vocal part is in a separate voice from the accompaniment, a simple \new Lyrics \lyricsto "vocal" or similar will just work.

Plenty of docs on lyrics:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Songs#Songs
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Vocal-music#Vocal-music

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