Re: Lyrics not starting on 1st bar of music

[David Stocker]

Hi Ayutheos,

Please "reply all" so everyone can see the conversation.

On 11/16/2013 9:48 PM, ayutheos wrote:
> I found this in the documentation
> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/snippets/rhythms#rhythms-skips-in-lyric-mode
>
> But I can't get the lyrics to skip more than 1 note. Say for example I
> want the lyrics to start on note G:
>
> %=======================
> melody = \relative c' { c d e f g a b c }
>
> lyrics = \lyricmode {
>      \skip 4 lyric words go here
> }
>
> \score {
>      <<
>          \new Voice = "one" { \melody }
>          \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" { \lyrics }
>      >>
> }
> %=======================
>
> --
> TY
You have to do

\repeat unfold 4 { \skip 1 }

The number you use after \skip holds no significance - it just has to be 
there, so just use "1"

But Chris's method is probably more apt, especially if you have to skip 
more than just a few notes at the beginning.

This example didn't compile for me, by the way.

Cheers,

David