On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 10:37:13AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: Hello Paul, > Hi, > > How does one cause the lyrics to skip a particular note value for one > set of lyrics only? The lyrics are written above each other as they > would be in standard sheet music for a popular song or a hymnal > > For example if the melody has two quarter notes which correspond to one > syllable in one verse but to two syllables in the next verse the first > verse will move the next syllable to the second quarter note and offset > incorrectly the whole first verse > > AFAICT double underscore doesn't do what I need
Try " " (i.e. a quoted blank) at the position where the syllable in the other verse is. > > TIA, > > Paul Scott greetings from crailsheim, germany ronald höllwarth _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user