Aaron Dalton wrote:
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, }
In most scores, such a melisma (that you sing one syllable to several notes) is typeset with a slur or possibly a beam over the corresponding notes. LilyPond knows about these conventions, but if you want a melisma without a corresponding slur or beam, you can use the \melisma command, described at http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.2/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/The-Lyrics-context.html
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.
All contexts are typeset vertically in the order they first appear in the score{...}. So, if you want the lyrics below the corresponding stave, just move the \context Lyrics = superius { s1 } below the \context Staff = superius <<...>>, for example. (Then you actually don't even need the dummy \context Lyrics = superius { s1 }, see the mailing list archive for a better explanation).
/Mats
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
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