P.S. Using the syntax from my first email, you don't need any longer the
\sopranoVoiceTwo. You simply put the notes in the { \voiceTwo } location of
the temporary polyphonic context.
Guy Stalnaker
jimmyg...@gmail.com
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 12:38 PM Guy Stalnaker <jimmyg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Slight amendation of Mark's suggestion. Since you're doing a vocal
> composition, to keep lyrics applied into this temporary poloyphonic
> context, use this syntax:
>
> << { \voiceOne } \\
> \new Voice { \voiceTwo { } }
> >> \oneVoice
>
> Lyrics set to the voice will carry into the temporary polyphonic context {
> \voiceOne } and then should continue after the \oneVoice. But note that use
> of slurs will break the lyrics placement so you may need to include \skip1
> in your lyrics to shift the lyric syllables to the proper note location.
>
> Regards,
>
> Guy Stalnaker
> jimmyg...@gmail.com
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 11:59 AM Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonm...@ca.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Tim,
>>
>> You can "insert" a second voice using the << // >> syntax explained here:
>>
>>
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/learning/i_0027m-hearing-voices
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lilypond-user
>> [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of
>> Tim
>> Slattery
>> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 9:29 AM
>> To: lilypond-user@gnu.org
>> Subject: Tangled up in Lilypond syntax
>>
>> I'm setting a fairly short song. It's sixteen measures, in the standard
>> four
>> voice parts. I used Frescobaldi to set up the basic structure, so the
>> syntax
>> I'm using comes from modifying what it put out.
>>
>> What causes the grief is that the last measure in the soprano part is
>> polyphonic (or polyrythmic). That necessitated a second soprano voice,
>> which
>> skips the first 15 measures and has three notes in the last measure.
>>
>> Lower down, Frescobaldi generates this language:
>>
>> sopranoVoicePart = \new Staff \with {
>> instrumentName = "Soprano"
>> midiInstrument = "choir aahs"
>> } { \sopranoVoice }
>> \addlyrics { \verseOne }
>> \addlyrics { \verseTwo }
>>
>> Since I now had two soprano voices, I did:
>>
>> sopranoVoicePart = \new Staff \with {
>> instrumentName = "Soprano"
>> midiInstrument = "choir aahs"
>> } { << \sopranoVoice \sopranoVoiceTwo >> } \addlyrics { \verseOne }
>> \addlyrics { \verseTwo }
>>
>> which results in several error messages like this:
>> programing error: No spring between column 0 and next one
>>
>> Makes no sense to me. It does create a PDF, but its all jumbled with
>> titles,
>> staffs and notes printed on top of each other. And no words for the
>> soprano
>> part at all.
>>
>> I'm not an expert in Lilypond syntax, so I'm at a standstill. What do I
>> need
>> to do to make this work?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> Tim Slattery
>> tim <at> risingdove <dot> com
>>
>>
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