>>>Read Section "8.3.2 Hiding staves" and don't forget about the >>>remove-first option. Lyrics work this way by default. >> >>Thanks, I already got an answer here to this question. I used " >>\context { \Staff \remove Time_signature_engraver }" in my \layout >>statement. > >Yes, but I hope you agree that it's a better solution to make a single >score for the full piece.
Ok, I'll check this option. Thanks. >>>>3) How do I coax Lilypond into displaying the extra word "There" at >>>>the end of the 2nd (middle) Lyrics line of that same music line? The Voice >>>>staff has a polyphony, i.e. an 8th rest on top and two connected 16ths >>>>beneath. >>> >>>You mean that you want two syllables to be associated with >>>a single note. Just write them within double quotes, "two words" or >>>exploit the fact that an underscore is treated as a space: two_words. >> >>No, I don't mean that. I want the last note to be assosiated with a >>rest, that has notes beneath it in polyphony. > >One possibility is to skip the automatic association between lyrics and >Notes (i.e. to skip \addlyrics and \lyricsto) and explicitly specify the >duration of each syllable manually. I think I'll try that, unless your 2nd solution works! >A much better solution is to associate >the lyrics with the notes beneath the rest. How do I do that? >>Oops. Sorry about that. I'll be posting both the .png and the .ly files >>to my website then. > >Since you didn't provide any link to this website, we can still not give >More constructive feedback. The image: http://www.geocities.com/novartza/Images/Piratical_Ballad.png The .ly file: http://www.geocities.com/novartza/Images/Pirates.ly _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user