Also, I am having difficulty preventing hyphens in the lyrics when using
\hide NoteHead to hide the noteheads after the breves.  Is there a way to
force these lyrics to not use hyphens?

Thanks,

*Benjamin Bloomfield*

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 7:44 PM, Benjamin Bloomfield <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Dear forum, I am trying to figure out the best way to typeset something
> similar to the attached image (if the image doesn't work, it is of the
> fourth and fifth systems in this PDF
> <http://www.icelweb.org/musicfolder/openpdf.php?file=74ChurchBrideTempleD.pdf>).
> Basically, the breves indicate a reciting tone, and may be paired with a
> rather long text, which may not all fit on the rest of the line, in which
> case whatever *will* fit on the line should be placed on that line, and
> then a second breve will need to begin the next system, with the rest of
> the lyrics.
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> What is the best way to achieve this in Lilypond?  From this page in the
> documentation
> <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/working-with-ancient-music_002d_002dscenarios-and-solutions#transcribing-gregorian-chant>,
> I am using \hide NoteHead to hide the noteheads that should not display,
> but is there a way to determine if one of these syllables gets placed as
> the first on a new system, and in that case to unhide its notehead?
>
> Thanks so much for any suggestions,
>
> *Benjamin Bloomfield*
>
>
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