Re: Aligning lyrics when music portion is polyphonic

[Alberto Simões]

Hello

James E. Bailey wrote:
> 
> El 27.02.2009, a las 22:38, Alberto Simões escribió:
> 
>> Hello
>>
>> In a music I am transcribing there is a portion where I had to force two
>> voices with
>>
>>   << { ... } \\ { ... } >>
>>
>> Now my problem is that lyrics in that part of the music are not shown.
>>
>> Is there any tweak to solve this issue?
>>
>> Thank you
>> Alberto
> 
> Yes, do not use the <<{}\\{}>> construction. I realise that the Learning
> Manual still introduces this topic early on, but it should be taken care
> of soon. Instead, when you have polyphony, explicitly create the voices
> with << {\voiceOne }\new Voice {\voiceTwo}>>\oneVoice. See section 1.5.2
> of the Notation Reference for more information.

Yay! Perrrfect!

Thank you.

Side note: wouldn't it be possible to make <<{}\\{}>> an abbreviation to
this? It is easier to write and remind.

Cheers
Alberto

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