Absolutely, if you only want to make nothing but chords and lyrics.
However, if you want to set music, and then make an extraction containing
only chords and lyrics, the Devnull trick works.
Also, if you want to have multiple stanzas of lyrics, you only have to enter
the durations once, and you can have all the stanzas easily available.
In fact, the way you did it was my first shot, just to make sure it worked.
Thanks,
Carl
On 11/26/08 1:31 PM, "Mats Bengtsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In this example, I don't see any point of using the DevNull trick to
> align the lyrics. It's just as easy to explicitly insert the durations
> directly in the lyrics, something like:
>
> \version "2.11.64"
>
> myChords = \chordmode {
> c1 g f c
> }
>
> myLyrics = \lyricmode {
> Hi2 there4 let's |
> have fun with this |
> Here we have fun |
> don't2 we
> }
>
> <<
> \new ChordNames {
> \myChords
> }
> \new Lyrics {
> \myLyrics
> }
>>>
>
>
> /Mats
> Quoting "Carl D. Sorensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>> On 11/26/08 12:05 AM, "Brett Duncan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
>>>> Here's one possible solution:
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm using version 2.11.63, rather than 2.11.64, and I don't get any
>>> warnings - I don't get any output either! No pdf is generated. Rather
>>> strange.
>>>
>>> Brett
>> Oops -- my copy function didn't include all of the file.
>>
>> You need to add
>>
>>>>
>>
>> at the end to finish off the simultaneous (Chord Names , Devnull, Lyrics)
>> music.
>>
>> Here's a new clean copy:
>>
>> %%%% Begin cut and paste
>> \version "2.11.64"
>>
>> myChords = \chordmode {
>> c1 g f c
>> }
>>
>> myMelody = {
>> c2 c4 c4 |
>> c4 c c c |
>> c4 c c c |
>> c2 c
>> }
>>
>> myLyrics = \lyricmode {
>> Hi there let's |
>> have fun with this |
>> Here we have fun |
>> don't we
>> }
>>
>> <<
>> \new ChordNames {
>> \myChords
>> }
>> \new Devnull = "myVoice" \myMelody
>> \new Lyrics {
>> \lyricsto "myVoice" \myLyrics
>> }
>>>>
>>
>> %%% End cut and paste
>>
>> Sorry for the mistake,
>>
>> Carl
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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