On Tue 03 Mar 2026 at 11:15:00 (-0500), Gabriel Ellsworth wrote: > Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > As both singer and MD/conductor, I “+1” the “#1” choice. > > > > > Carl Sorensen wrote: > > > Number 1 works best for me. > > > It appears there is a clear consensus in favor of no \undertie. > > The magic ingredient that I will invoke — rather than some kind of visible > elision symbol — is Jedi Master Kieren MacMillan’s center-on-vowels callback > <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2026-01/msg00339.html>, > which to my eyes gives the best alignment: > > [image: image.png]
Too subtle for me to distinguish, I'm afraid. Assuming you're talking about written-out Anglican chants, then a three syllable glorious would be hyphenated either as glori -- ous or glo -- ri -- ous, depending on where it occurs. Pointing it in three syllables is something I've occasionally seen in older psalters. (My "problem word" in this context (but not written out) is Israel, which I point as either Isræl (2 syllables) or Israël (2½), the latter usually occurring at the end of phrases. The idiosyncratic spelling also serves as a reminder to some folks not to sing it as the Latin Israhel.) Cheers, David.
