I am brand new to Lilypond and am having a heck of a time getting lyrics to
render properly. I have 2 questions:
1) I want to line up the words "Agnus Dei" under a certain set of notes. So
far the only way I have been able to properly align the syllables "De-i" is
using 3 dashes (see source below) but I only want it to display *one* dash in
the center of the melisma. If I enter "De -- i" or even "De -- -- -- i" it
ignores the melisma. Is there a way to make this only display one dash
between De and i?
supMusic = \notes \relative f' { f2. c4 f8 g a2 g4 a2 r4 }
supWords = \lyrics { A -- gnus De - - - i, }
2) Second question is with position of the lyrics. I have tried really hard
to read the documentation and mailling list archives but have been unable to
find my answer. I copied and modified the satb.ly template to give myself 3
staves. The problem is, all my lyrics are printing above the staff and I
want them below. How do I do this? Below is my actual source code.
Thank you so much for your time and patience!
\header {
title = "Mass for Three Voices"
composer = "William Byrd"
}
supMusic = \notes \relative f' { f2. c4 f8 g a2 g4 a2 r4 }
supWords = \lyrics { A -- gnus De - - - i, }
altusMusic = \notes \relative c' { }
altusWords =\lyrics { }
bassMusic = \notes \relative c { }
bassWords = \lyrics { }
\score {
\notes <<
\context Lyrics = superius { s1 }
\context Staff = superius <<
\set Staff.instrument = Superius
\set Staff.instr = Sup
\clef treble
\time 4/4
\key f \major
\context Voice = superius \supMusic
>> %superius staff
\context Lyrics = altus { s1 }
\context Staff = altus <<
\set Staff.instrument = Altus
\set Staff.instr = Alt
\clef "treble_8"
\time 4/4
\key f \major
\context Voice = altus \altusMusic
>> %altus staff
\context Lyrics = bassus { s1 }
\context Staff = bassus <<
\set Staff.instrument = Bassus
\set Staff.instr = Bass
\clef bass
\time 4/4
\key f \major
\context Voice = bassus \bassMusic
>> %bassus staff
\context Lyrics = superius \lyricsto superius \supWords
\context Lyrics = altus \lyricsto altus \altusWords
\context Lyrics = bassus \lyricsto bassus \bassWords
>> %notes
\paper {
\context {
\VoiceContext
\consists Ambitus_engraver
}
}
\header { piece = "Agnus Dei" }
} %score
--
Aaron Dalton
http://aaron.daltons.ca
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