Re: Weird lyrics alignements

[Xavier Scheuer]

On 27 March 2011 16:08, Pierre THIERRY <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just discovered that the way notes are beamed together can change the
> alignment of lyrics, although I thought that only ties and slurs would
> do that.

Manual beaming affects the lyrics, this is intended.
It is said in NR 2.1.1 Common notation for vocal music >
Multiple notes to one syllable
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-vocal-music.html#multiple-notes-to-one-syllable
You can disable it (see below).


> It seems that I cannot use explicit duration in \addlyrics, and also
> using explicit duration means lyrics are left-aligned to the notes.
>
> So is it possible to have everything: automatic duration with a few
> explicit durations where it's needed, and lyrics' syllables center
> aligned with the notes?

AFAIK it is not possible to mix between lyrics aligned to a melody
(automatic syllable duration) and lyrics with manual syllable durations.


> Or is there an option I can set so that beaming won't affect the lyrics?

Yep!  The appropriate properties is "melismaBusyProperties".
If you want only only ties and slurs to be considered as melismata but
not manual beams, then you can set it to

\set melismaBusyProperties = #'(melismaBusy slurMelismaBusy
tieMelismaBusy completionBusy)


Cordialement,
Xavier

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Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>