Re: lyrics extender lines until the end of the last note of the melisma

[Kieren MacMillan]

Reinhold:

> How can I make the extender line really last until the end of the  
> melisma (in
> this case until the 12th \"la\" of the altos?
> Even worse are the second two measures of the example: The extender  
> for the
> altos lasts way longer as the one for the sopranos, although both  
> should sing
> until exactly the same beat...

Here's a (rather ugly) hack to (almost) fix the first two measures --  
if you like it, it will be easy to adapt it to the second, and to  
make the final necessary tweaks (e.g., the lyric X-offset, etc.)

hideVoice = { \override Tie #'transparent = ##t \hideNotes }
unHideVoice = { \unHideNotes \revert Tie #'transparent }

sopMusic = \relative c'' {
        <<
                { \voiceThree \hideVoice g1 ~ g4. ~ g8 \unHideVoice }
                \new Voice { \voiceOne c1~ | c2 }
        >> \voiceOne r2 |
        c1~ c2 r2 |
}

Hope this helps!
Kieren.