Dear Rob, On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 10:05:43AM -0500, Rob Vlasaty wrote: > Nick, > > I had some time today, so I took a look at your file. I used the > example in the documents and pasted your notes onto there.
Thank you!
> When aligning lyrics, using the new Lyricsto, you need a note in a
> voice for each syllable. The purpose of Lyricsto is to specify
> which voice you want to line up with, rather than the old addlyrics
> way of specifying the count of each syllable. That's why I put your
> two parts together into the upper voice, then hid some of the notes.
> You don't need the 4 anymore after Hal, and the hyphenation is
> centered with double -- .
>
> See if this is more of what you wanted.
Oh thank you Rob, that's just perfect! And it works with lilypond
2.4.6 as well, which is good, otherwise for 2.6.x I will need to
install new ghostscript packages, which I am afraid might break my
printing.
Thank you very much for your valuable time; I really appreciate it,
and will study this properly so that I understand how every part of it
works.
> \version "2.6.0"
> \header {
> title = "Happy Halloween"
> }
>
> upper = \relative c {
> \clef treble
> \key c \major
>
>
> \time 4/4
> \hideNotes d4 e f d e f e2 \unHideNotes
> e'4 ( f g2 f4 e d2 )
> \hideNotes d,4 e f d e f e2 \unHideNotes
> e'4 ( f g f e c d2 )
> }
> lower = \relative c {
> \clef bass
> \key c \major
> \time 4/4
> d4 ( e f d e f e2 )
> \skip 1 * 2
> d4 ( e f d e f e2 )
> \skip 1 * 2
>
> }
>
>
> firstVerse = \lyricmode {
> \set stanza = "1. "
> Hal -- low -- een will soon be here,
> From the trees, ghosts will peer!
> Pump -- kins smile a -- long the way,
> It's a ver -- y spec -- ial day!
> }
>
> secondVerse = \lyricmode {
> \set stanza = "2. "
> Trick or treat -- ing we will go,
> Knock on doors, say hel -- lo!
> Find a cos -- tume that's just right.
> We'll have fun this spook -- y night!
> }
>
> \score {
> \context GrandStaff <<
> \context Staff = upper {
> \context Voice = singer \upper }
> \lyricsto "singer" \new Lyrics \firstVerse
> \lyricsto "singer" \new Lyrics \secondVerse
> \context Staff = lower <<
> \clef bass
> \lower
> >>
> >>
> \layout {
> \context { \GrandStaff \accepts "Lyrics" }
> \context { \Lyrics \consists "Bar_engraver"
> ignoreMelismata = ##t}
> }
> \midi { \tempo 4=60 }
> }
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