On Fri, 2023-10-13 at 16:01 +0100, Graham King wrote:
> I'm setting a verse anthem, in which certain voices are instrument-
> only
> until the chorus, at which point they are doubled by singers.
>
> How can I include a skip of defined duration in the lyrics? \skip
> counts notes or syllables, but I'd like to count breves and minims,
> to
> avoid the lyrics-alignment containing a magic number that is
> sensitive
> to subsequent editing of the preceding music.
>
> I've seen a reference somewhere to #skip-of-length but can't find any
> documentation.
>
> % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> \version "2.25.7"
>
> notes = { \repeat unfold 12 c'4 }
>
> words = \lyricmode {
> \repeat unfold 2 { \skip 1 } % Lyrics to start at bar 3.
> one two three four
> }
>
> { << \new Voice = "cantor" \notes
> \new Lyrics \lyricsto cantor { \words }
> >>
> }
> % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Grateful, as ever, for your insights.
> -- Graham
>
I might have a solution, but I'm a bit wary of unforeseen consequences:
% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
\version "2.25.7"
notes = { \repeat unfold 8 c'4 }
morenotes = { \repeat unfold 8 d'4 }
words = \lyricmode {
one two three four
}
{ \notes
<< \new Voice = "cantor" \morenotes
\new Lyrics \lyricsto cantor { \words }
>>
}
% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Better advice always welcome; otherwise, sorry for the noise.
