Hello ! Thank you both for your answers and feedback.
> >> I would like to have a way to tell Lilypond : "Say this over measures > >> 1 to 10" (some long text) then "say this over measure 12 and 13". > >> > >> Is there such a functionality, or some trick to achieve it ? > > > > No simple way to do it currently, as far as I know. > ok. For now what I used is the solution described in the manual, but as I said I had to manually break the text and sometimes put it in columns so that each block fits on 1 line max. > > I have been offering to sponsor such a function for a couple of years, > > as it would be invaluable to the engravings of my music dramas > > (chamber operas, musicals, etc.). No luck to date. > Not sure I can offer to sponsor too, but I would find it very useful as well as I have a couple of projects involving a narrator reading a text while music is playing. > > so it would have been unsuitable for waiting for a particular measure. > I don't really know whether the corresponding C code works but I > probably canned this when realizing that it did not really lend itself > to a number of applications you wanted it for. > > One would probably need to come up with a better way of specifying the > event to wait for than just some music expression. > > For my use, I would be fine with specifying some music expression/duration (e.g. 1*4 or s1*4). I mean, maybe the most practical would be something allowing to tell Lilypond : Print this text over 20 measures (or mes 1 to 20) Wait till mes 56 (or some event/mark) Print this over 6 measures... But I think it is already great if one can tell : Print this during this duration (s1*20) Print nothing during 35 measures (e.g. ""s1*35) Print this over 6 measures (s1*6 if 4/4 signature) Yann
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