Thanks Simon! The \skip was what I miss! I'm not used to input lyrics :)
2015-09-01 23:17 GMT+02:00 Simon Albrecht <[email protected]>: > Hello Marcos, > > first: welcome to the list! > actualy... I've been in the list for a couple of years ;) But is always great to be welcome!!!! Thanks! And thanks Lilypond for been a so great software and community! > Second: It almost always helps if you add a compilable, possibly tiny > example <http://lilypond.org/tiny-examples.html> to your post – thus it > will be easier a) to understand the problem and b) to give you a solution. > Third general remark: Are you familiar with the Learning Manual? < > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/index.html> It’s a > great resource for getting started with LilyPond and covers all the basics, > also tutoring you on how to use the other manuals – so you shouldn’t miss > studying that! It’ll be very rewarding. > But now to your question :-) > > Am 01.09.2015 um 22:34 schrieb Marcos Press: > >> Dear list, >> >> Iḿ trying to add the lyric of a folk song to a score. >> >> How do I tell the lyric in wich measure to start? >> > There are two general ways to enter lyrics: 1) entering them with explicit > durations and 2) automatically aligning them to a voice through \addlyrics > or \lyricsto (or \set associatedVoice). > > 1) Use a skip of the required length to skip the first part of the music. > 2) Repeat the skip as many times as there are notes to skip. > > Example attached. > > You’ll find that with the first method, the syllables are all left-aligned > to the notes, at least if you use version 2.18.2 or earlier. This is a bug > fixed only in the more recent development versions, so at least for the > stable version you’re better off with \lyricsto. > In simple setups, \addlyrics may be used as well in place of \new Lyrics > \lyricsto. > > Can anyone point me where to look for an answer? >> > The Learning Manual has a section on lyrics: < > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/songs>, but the > answer to your question is hidden deep in the Notation reference, in < > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics#lyrics-and-repeats > >. > >> >> Thanks in advance! >> > You’re welcome! HTH [Hope that helps]. > > Simon >
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