Jeff Ousley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There should be two words in the lyrics that align to > these 8th notes, but it's not working. The first word > seems to be aligning to the second note.
You either want to remove your beaming, ie, change: [c8 f8] to c8 f8 or set: \property Staff.automaticMelismata = ##f It is common practice for melodies that accompany song text, to indicate melismata using beams. > I've attached the file so you can see what I'm talking > about. Are there sites that have simple examples. Most > of my pieces will be rather simple. But so far, it's > been a struggle. Sounds good. Happy struggling. Greetings, Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user