Re: How do I get an "empty / blank" lyric at the start of a song?

[Paul Hodges]

I prefer to give the singer a positive indication not to sing that note, so I usually put a rest, like the attached image.

For simplicity, I defined:

     lyricRest = \markup { \raise #0.7 \teeny \musicglyph #"rests.2" }

so that I could then write:

     WordsA = \lyricmode { 

     \set stanza = "1."

     \lyricRest In the bleak mid -- win -- _ ter

and so so.

Paul

From: Kevin Cole <dc.loco@gmail.com>
To: lilypond-user mailinglist <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
Sent: 25/11/2021 19:24
Subject: How do I get an "empty / blank" lyric at the start of a song?

I have a song that starts with two voices(?) for different timing on
different verses:

global = {
 \key c \major
 \time 2/4
}

melody = {
 \relative {
   \global
   \partial 8
   <<
     { \voiceOne r8^\mf }
     \new Voice
     { \voiceTwo e'8 }
   >>
   \oneVoice                   | %   0
   ...
 }
}

For the lyrics, I want something like:

words = \lyricmode {
                               | % 0
 ...
}

In other words (or lack thereof) the first verse doesn't start on the
pickup note, but later verses do. So I don't want a lyric under the
rest.

Rests.jpg
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