Trevor & Abraham,
Thank you for your excellent suggestions. By comparing my code to yours,
also realize the fundamental error of my ways. I had
<<
\new Voice { Music with note }
{ Music with rest }
>>
but I should have had
<<
{ Music with note }
\new Voice { Music with rest }
>>
Apparently, this allows the lyrics to "see" the note and align
appropriately. It's simple looking at it now, but I didn't see it before.
Your additional recommendations simplify the code and make it look much
better. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Peter
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:52 AM, tisimst <tisimst.lilyp...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Peter,
>
> I like Trevor's suggestions. I'd also recommend the following:
>
> 1. In the first verse lyrics, change " " to "" (i.e., remove the space).
> This makes One line up better with the notehead. You can also do "\skip
> 4" instead. For some reason, in 2.18.2, using " " creates a manual melisma,
> which is not what you want in the first verse, I think.
>
> 2. Add "\once \tiny" to the note that is only used in the second verse
> (for clarity):
>
> <<
> { \once \tiny \once \voiceTwo f }
> ...
> >>
>
> - Abraham
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 9:07 AM, Trevor Daniels [via Lilypond] <[hidden
> email] <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=175500&i=0>> wrote:
>
>>
>> Peter wrote Monday, April 27, 2015 8:25 AM
>>
>> > I have a song with two verses. The lyrics to the second stanza
>> occasionally have an extra syllable, such that there is a rest on that beat
>> in the first verse but a note in the second verse. I'm trying to address
>> this using the code found in notation manual (v. 2.18.2) in Section 2.1.3
>> "Stanzas", subsection "Switching to an alternative melody". See
>> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/stanzas#stanzas-with-different-rhythms.
>> But I cannot get the lyrics to recognize and line up with the added beat in
>> the second stanza. An example, as minimal as I was able to get it, follows
>> below. Can anyone help? Also, is there a simpler approach that works for
>> this, so I don't have to define a new alternative voice every time this
>> situation occurs?
>>
>> I'd use a simpler approach, like this (it's usually easiest to keep as
>> many notes as possible in the music associated with the lyrics, using skip
>> or " " to skip them as necessary):
>>
>> \version "2.18.2"
>>
>> melody_verse = \relative c' {
>> c4
>> <<
>> { \once \voiceTwo f }
>> \new Voice { d'4\rest }
>> >>
>> g,4 a |
>> }
>>
>> \score {
>> <<
>> \new Staff {
>> \new Voice = "main" {
>> \repeat volta 2 { \melody_verse }
>> }
>> }
>>
>> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "main" {
>> One " " three four.
>> }
>> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "main" {
>> Uno dos tres quatro.
>> }
>> >>
>> }
>>
>> Trevor
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