In 2 of the set of 6 songs I have (rather slowly) been setting, I want 2 sets of words: the original, and an English version. In each of the other 4 songs there is just one set of words.
After much experimentation and a lot of failures, I found a way of doing what I wanted, which is to use manual durations. This may very well not be the best nor the simplest way of doing it, but it is the only way I found that works. The only trouble is, I cannot work out how to produce a melisma mark when using manual durations. The following snippet illustrates the problem: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \version "2.19.48" \paper { ragged-right = ##f } voice = { \time 3/4 \partial 8 e'8 | e' d' d'4( ~ d'16 c') b8 | c'4 c'4. r8 \bar "|." } words = \lyricmode { Ac er -- aill yn __ ei fe -- di. } trans = \lyricmode { An8 -- oth -- er reaps4. __ the8 har4 -- vest.4. } << \new Staff { \voice } \addlyrics { \words } \new Lyrics { \override LyricText.font-shape = #'italic \trans } >> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The melisma appears as required in the upper set of words, but not in the lower. I have tried various ways to get what I want, but so far without any success. Can it be done? David _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user