Re: Footnotes to lyrics

[wjm]

Greetings David,
I have fiddled a bit with your code
\score {
  { c'4 c' c' c' }
  \addlyrics
  { \footnote #'(-2 . -2) \markup "text"
    \markup Mu- sic is nice }
}

and have come up with this:-

\version "2.17.12"
music = \relative c'
{
  c d e g
  f g g a
  b c2.
}
words = \lyricmode {
\footnote #'(-0.1 . 0.0000001) \markup "Brewed, not 'manufactured'!"
%If the second value is set to 0 the footnote marker is centred 
%vertically on the line of lyrics. ie 1 B...
%I haven't found a value which will set it between there and where it 
%is now.

  Beer- is quite nice but whis -- ky is bet -- ter!
%This works, but removing the - makes an error

%Beer is quite nice but whis -- ky is bet -- ter!
%This doesn't work

%I haven't been able to figure out how to include a further footnote 
%relating, for example, to 'whisky'

}
\score {
\new Staff
<<
  \override Score.FootnoteItem.annotation-line = ##f
\new Voice = music \music
\new Lyrics \lyricsto music \words
>>
\layout { }
}

Evidently the - immediately following the first syllable is necessary 
but the reason for it is not obvious.

Cheers,
Bill