On Sat 20 May 2017 at 12:26:46 (-0400), Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Dirk,
> 
> > The net result wants to look rather like this:
> > "... peccata mundi, miserere nobis."
> > "                   dona nobis pacem."
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> Since the number of syllables is identical, you *could* just put columns for 
> each of those lyrics.

Any melismas wouldn't look nice.

> But the better overall attack would be to write each set of lyrics out, using 
> variables and/or skips as necessary, and then layer them in as two Lyric 
> contexts.

IIRC the CPDL/Victoria web site uses a simultaneous construction
to do this, but with version 1.4.12 it's rather dated syntax.
For Remy, attached.

Cheers,
David.
\header { tagline = ##f }
<<
  { c' d' e' f' g' a' c' d' e' f' g' a' c' d' e' f' g' a' c' d' e' f' g' a' }
  \addlyrics { Ag -- nus _ De -- _ _ i, … mi -- _ _ se -- _ _ re -- _ _ re  no 
-- _ _ bis. __ _ _ }
  \addlyrics { " " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ do -- _ _  na __ _ _ no -- _ _ bis pa -- _ _ 
cem. __ _ _ }
>>

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