One common approach when combining a right-to-left language with
left-to-right musical notation is to render each syllable of the lyrics
right-to-left but have the overall flow of the music left-to-right. I
haven't tried this with any of the stuff that I've done (I present the
lyrics in transliteration). So, I can't tell you how well this works in
LilyPond.
dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us wrote:
Dumb question, some (perverse?) writing systems are contrary to western
music notation, assuming we allow full unicode lyrics, how does one set
hebrew or arabic lyrics to western music?
Only way I can think of is to (have the user) transliterate phonetically
into the roman alphabet, as in -
hava nagila, hava nagila...
I realize this presents certain cultural issues, but what is a music
typesetting program to do? I suppose it could be rewritten to set the
music right-left, but that could be a bit challenging to the members of
the band...
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