Valentin,
No, it didn’t work exactly, but it worked well enough that I am happy with
it!

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 1:25 AM Valentin Petzel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello Kira,
>
> if you use "on –" then you are treating this as one syllable. So this way
> Lilypond won't align the – under the tied note, if that is still intended.
>
> Cheers,
> Valentin
>
> 15.09.2021 00:43:35 Kira Garvie <[email protected]>:
>
> Actually, I had quite a few spelling errors, I am sorry! Verse two is
> supposed to be arouse, so that is also a dash. Carl was right, the correct
> term was a dash not a hyphen, and putting it in quotes with on: “on – ”
> worked perfectly, and it looks great! Sorry for the mistakes, and thank you
> for the help!
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 6:34 PM David Wright <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue 14 Sep 2021 at 18:05:17 (-0400), Kira Garvie wrote:
>> > Okay, I tried that, but it bumps the lyrics all over one. In the
>> original
>> > page scan, which I am following, the hyphen falls right under the tied
>> d
>> > 8th note. How do I override the tie to get the hyphen there?
>>
>> You don't want a hyphen there, you need a lyric extender: "__"
>> (without my quotes). You put one in the second verse,
>> precisely underneath.
>>
>> You probably want to replace the extender in the second verse
>> with a hyphen: "--" because I presume the word is onerous
>> (e, not a).
>>
>> Note that LP's intraword hyphens don't aim to line up with anything
>> musical, because that isn't the convention.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David.
>>
>>

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