Le 27/02/2026 à 11:45, Helge Kruse a écrit :
Hello,
I am new to choir music and find some new challenges, at least for me. I
have a volta repeat where the melody is repeated, but with different
lyrics. What is the best way to tell Lilypond to use more syllables for
the repeat?
Since it is a very different text for the "repeat", and there are two
verses, you would have four lines of syllables.
In such a case, as a chorist, I wouldn't use a volta but simply recopy
the notes which then would be:
soprano = \relative c' {
\key g \major \autoBeamOff
\partial 4 d4
g a h h | a4.( g8) fis4 d | e8[ fis] g4 4 fis
{ g2 r4 d } %your first alternative
g a h h | a4.( g8) fis4 d | e8[ fis] g4 4 fis
{ g2 r4 h8[ c] } %your second alternative
d4. e8 d4 c | h2 4 a | h c d c8[ h]
}
Regards,
--
Jean-Charles
