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. >> >>
