Oops - I did not send that to the listserv. This does that.
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Jeffery Shivers <jefferyshiv...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Don,
>
> If you're working
> in
> lyric
> mode
> and not markups
> ,
>
> you can
>
> :
>
>
> emphasize = {
> \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape = #'italic
> \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-series = #'bold
> }
>
> \emphasize at the beginning of the text of your middle verse. You can
> change what 'emphasize' does - that's just the usage example from the
> documentation:
>
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/using-variables-for-layout-adjustments
>
> //
>
> If you're using markups:
> \bold { will make all this text bold } but not this, so just make sure you
> encapsulate the whole body.
>
> Which is explained better here.
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/formatting-text
>
> Hope that helps!
> -j
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Don Gingrich <gingr...@internode.on.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've got a score with a treble and bass part and three
>> verses worth of lyrics in between. Is there some simple
>> way to make the middle set of lyrics a different colour
>> or bold or underlined -- anything to make it easier to keep
>> track of which verse? It's made more complicated since
>> we're a choir singing in Scottish Gaelic (and we're mostly
>> *not* fluent Gaelic speakers. i.e. learning lyrics more or
>> less phonetically.)
>>
>> I can send the .ly file, but it would be really difficult to
>> extract a useful example, given my level of LilyPond
>> knowledge.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Don (Victorian Scottish Gaelic Society Choir)
>> --
>> Don Gingrich
>>
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