Dear Laura! Many, many thanks for your thorough answer. I see your point and can go perfectly well with it.
I never knew of the custom to print tune and words in different books. Of course I know books giving just the lyrics and an indication of the melodie, but never (apart from acompanying instrumentals) the other way round. And I know from old music (Schuetz and so) books with notes on one page and the lyrics on the opposite one. And anyhow, it's certainly better to get people singing by this or that way than keeping them off, because they are afraid (too busy, lazy or whatever) to learn the 'hard way'. So it certainly would be fine to 'have' (just in case) shape notes. I learned a lot today. Have a good day! Martin -- Martin Sander e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Astrium GmbH - Abt. IP 34 / Postfach 801168 / 81663 Muenchen Tel. 089 - 607-25971 / Fax 089 - 607-21118 _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user