Hello, Dirk You can use repeat unfold command for 61 blanked charackters.
tcd=\lyricmode{ \repeat unfold 61 { _ } do -- _ na no -- bis pa -- _ _ _ cem, Emrecan On Sat, 20 May 2017 16:53:56 +0100 Dirk Koopman <d...@tobit.co.uk> wrote: > I am trying to set a Victoria mass's Agnus Dei. Most of the words are > the same, but there are two endings, basically "miserere nobis" and > "dona nobis pacem". > > textocantus=\lyricmode{ > A -- gnus De -- _ _ i, > A -- gnus __ _ > De -- _ _ _ _ i, > A -- gnus De -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i, > qui tol -- lis pec -- ca -- ta mun -- _ _ _ _ _ _ di, > qui tol -- lis pec -- ca -- ta mun -- _ _ di, > pec -- ca -- ta mun -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ di, __ > pec -- ca -- ta mun -- _ _ _ _ _ _ di, > } > > tcm=\lyricmode { > mi -- se -- re -- re no -- _ _ bis, > mi -- se -- re -- re no -- _ _ _ _ _ _ bis, > mi -- se -- re -- re no -- bis, > mi -- se -- re -- re no -- _ _ _ _ _ bis, > mi -- se -- re -- re no -- _ bis. > } > > tcd=\lyricmode{ > do -- _ na no -- bis pa -- _ _ _ cem, > do -- na no -- bis pa -- _ _ _ _ _ _ cem, > do -- na no -- bis pa -- cem, > do -- na no -- bis pa -- _ _ _ _ _ cem, > do -- na no -- bis pa -- _ _ cem. > } > > The first part would look something like this: > > \score { > \new ChoirStaff << > \new Staff = "v1" { > \set Staff.instrumentName = "Cantus" > \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = "C" > \clef treble > \new Voice = "v1" { > \global > \cantus > } > } > \new Lyrics = "v1" > > \context Lyrics="v1" { > \lyricsto "v1" { > \textocantus > > %<< > \tcm > > %\tcd > %>> > > } > } > > ... > > The net result wants to look rather like this: > > "... peccata mundi, miserere nobis." > " dona nobis pacem." > > Any suggestions? > > Dirk > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user -- Emrecan Büyüktermiyeci --------------------------- <emre...@termiyeci.name.tr> http://twitter.com/Termiyeci _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user