On Friday 01 August 2003 04:33 am, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > Hans Forbrich wrote: > > [Lilypond 1.7.27 / SuSE 8.2] > > > > I have some vocals, mainly in Italian, where two words (or the last > > syllable of a word and the first syllable of the next word) are > > handled on the same note. In the source, these are joined using > > what looks like a 'tie' in the lyrics. > > > > A few questions > > > > 1) Can this lyrics tie be handled in Lilypond? > > If you want Lilypond to handle two syllables like a single one, just > include them in quotes: "Two words". Then, you have to find some > symbol that looks like the tie. How about "Two$\frown$words" ? > > > 2) What is this effect and/or tie called? (so I can try to look it > > up in the documentation) > > 3) Has this been discussed in the list? (Roughly when? so I can > > try to look it up in the archives) > > 4) How do others simulate this? > I have the impression that this is much more common in Italian and Spanish lyrics than in German or English, so I found that "Caro Mio Ben" on the Mutopia site has several examples. That might be good to include as an example with lilypond. DaveA
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