Thanks, that clarifies it. I assumed the numbers referred to duration - the
same as entering notes in the melody.
Laurie
On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 at 09:55, Leo Correia de Verdier <
leo.correia.de.verd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Laurie
>
> \addlyrics (like \lyricsto ) discards the lyric's durations and uses
> durations from the voice the lyrics are attached to. The twelve ones in the
> beginning are creating twelve empty syllables, whose durations are then
> discarded and replaced with the twelve ”syllable-places” in the intro. If
> you try the alternative below you can see how it works:
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> verse = \lyricmode {
> % Lyrics follow here.
> a1 b1 c1 d1 e1 f1 g1 h1 i1 j1 k1 l1
> Man it's a hot one.
> Like sev -- en in -- ches from the midday sun
> }
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> HTH
> /Leo
>
> > 20 aug. 2024 kl. 01:30 skrev Laurie Savage <savage.lau...@gmail.com>:
> >
> > Thank you for the clarification. Here is the code and the output:
> >
> > Laurie
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 at 05:55, Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 at 02:14, Laurie Savage <savage.lau...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to set up lyrics to start on the upbeat of beat 4 in bar
> four of a song (calling the anacrusis bar 0). I succeeded but I'm very
> puzzled.
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Sorry but it is difficult to try to help you.
> > You do not give the complete code for your output and the only part of
> code you "share" is as a screenshot (instead of text).
> > Are you sure you do not use \lyricsto before \verse ?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Xavier
> >
>
>
