On 10/02/2025 10:17, Timothy Lanfear wrote:
On 09/02/2025 10:09, Raphael Mankin wrote:
Attached is a MWE.
I tried using explicit syllable lengths, but it appears that they were
ignored. So writing "rhythm4" or "jer8 -- "ky8" does nothing.
Switching the order of the voices in << ... >> made no difference; it
always aligned to the shorter notes. So " << c4 \\ {a8 a8 } >>" or
"<< {a8 a8 } \\ c4 >>" yielded the same result.
I have not played with more complicated rhythms, e.g. tuplets.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
For the simple cases I need atm it seems that a spacer "_" is
sufficient. Beyond that, it is guess and fiddle.
Here is your example adjusted to use explicit syllable durations.
\version "2.24.3"
\language "english"
\header {
title = "Variant Rhythms"
subtitle = "Explicit syllable lengths"
}
global = {
\key c \major
\time 4/4
\partial 4
}
chordNames = \chordmode {
\global
% Chords follow here.
}
melody = \relative c'' {
\global
% Music follows here.
c4 |
c4 c << c4 \\ {a8 a8 } >> c4 |
c4 c8 c c4
}
verseA = \lyricmode {
% Lyrics follow here.
Verse4 with smooth rhythm words
And stac8 -- ca -- to4
}
verseB = \lyricmode {
% Lyrics follow here.
Verse4 with short jer8 -- ky words4
And stac8 -- ca -- to4
}
\score {
<<
\new ChordNames \chordNames
\new Staff { \melody }
\new Lyrics { \verseA }
\new Lyrics { \verseB }
>>
\layout { }
}
--
Timothy Lanfear, Bristol, UK.
I was, and remain, chary of using explicit syllable lengths as I then
have to add them to the whole of the lyric. That quickly gets tedious.
I think that for cases where the differences between verses are
extensive I would use a NullVoice for the variants. But most cases that
I have seen so far have only isolated variations, so using a spacer "_"
is simplest.
And I also take Xavier's point about not using "<< ... \\ ... >>", but
I am trying to find a minimum effort solution, not a most general,
perfect one.
