Re: lyrics alignment problems with slurs and ties

[James Bailey]

On Jul 30, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Werner wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> using an \addlyrics block I found out, that lilypond puts only one syllable to
> notes connected with a slur ( ) automatically. (This is also said in the 
> docs.)
> If I want another behavior, I have to use phrasing slurs \( \). Fine. Problem
> solved.
> Also to notes connected with ties, lilypond aligns only one syllable. Fine 
> too.
> 
> But using \lyricmode and \lyricsto I found, that lilypond wants to put one
> syllable to every note even if connected with ties!
> Here I had to add a “ _ ” or a “\skip1” for every note connected with a tie.
> 
> Why \lyricsto doesn’t behave like \addlyrics here?
> 
> Greetings
> 
> Werner
> 
> PS:
> The docs
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation-big-page#multiple-notes-to-one-syllable
> say, lilypond should align only one syllable to tied notes, but it doesn’t.
> 
Can you provide an minimal example which shows this behavior?