Opps. True. No \\ if using my earlier code. Thanks for catching that!

Guy Stalnaker
jimmyg...@gmail.com


On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 1:02 PM Lukas-Fabian Moser <l...@gmx.de> wrote:

>
> 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.
>
> Slight correction: This is only true if you omit the \\. Compare
>
> \version "2.19.82"
>
> \new Staff \relative a' {
>   a a a << { \voiceOne a a a } \\ \new Voice { \voiceTwo e b b } >>
> \oneVoice a a a
> }
> \addlyrics { \repeat unfold 10 test }
>
> and
>
> \version "2.19.82"
>
> \new Staff \relative a' {
>   a a a << { \voiceOne a a a } \new Voice { \voiceTwo e b b } >> \oneVoice
> a a a
> }
> \addlyrics { \repeat unfold 10 test }
>
> (Background: {a} \\ {b} is a shorthand that creates _two_ new voices
> called "1" and "2".)
>
> Lukas
>
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