Hi,
On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 9:10 PM Saul Tobin <saul.james.to...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Just responding to one piece of this: the NullVoice context was created
> specifically for the use case of rhythmically aligning lyrics to invisible
> notes. Devnull, as you discovered, just sends musical events into a black
> hole. It might be worth another attempt with your existing approach, but
> using NullVoice. Despite the name, NullVoice is aliased to both Staff and
> to Voice, so you can use NullVoice within a score block without having to
> put it inside a Staff.
>
> Saul
>
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 1:01 PM Christ van Willegen <cvwille...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been promoted from singing the Tenor voice to playing Percussion in
>> our choir.
>>
>> To help me, and perhaps other people, playing the percussion rhythms, I
>> tried creating Lilypond files with just the lyrics, aligned to the beats of
>> the melody, and the percussion staff in it. I thought I had a working file
>> for one song, but it totally failed on another one...
>>
>> I tried adapting the Leadsheet example, and found that using \new Devnull
>> instead of \new Staff will get rid of the melody Staff, but then the lyrics
>> don't align with the rhythms any more... at least, not in my second try
>> with this setup!
>>
>> Before I dive into creating an MWE, is there anyone on the list who has a
>> working template for:
>>
>> - Lyrics (either in full measure bits, or each set to their own note)
>> - Melody (I have a lot of lyrics and melodies already set in Lilypond, so
>> being able to re-use this would be great!)
>> - PercussionStaff
>>
>> Christ van Willegen
>>
>>
I tried using a NullVoice, but I haven't been able to find the correct
incantation yet :-(
Attached is a M(N)WE, I hope someone can nudge me in the right direction...
Christ van Willegen
\version "2.22.1"
\header {
title = "Doesn't work"
instrument = "Frog / Cajonga's"
}
\paper {
left-margin = 20
}
global = {
\key c \major
\time 4/4
}
melody = \relative c'' {
\global
\repeat unfold 6 {
a1 |
}
}
verse = \lyricmode {
"Measure one and"
""
"Measure two and"
"A measure with more notes"
""
"And the final one!"
}
% tomml toml tomfh
drum = \drummode {
\global
R1 |
r4 hh4 hh4 r4 |
R1 |
R1 |
r2 r16 toml16 toml toml r4 |
R1 |
\bar "|."
}
drumsPart = \new DrumStaff \with {
\consists "Instrument_name_engraver"
instrumentName = \markup \center-column { "Frog" "Cajs" }
} \drum
\score {
<<
\new NullVoice = "aligner" \melody
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "aligner" \verse
\drumsPart
>>
}
\layout {
}
