Minimal example:
\version "2.12.0"
lyricsOne = \lyricmode { la -- la -- la }
lyricsTwo = \lyricmode { la \skip 4 la }
%lyricsThree = lyricmode { me -- " " me }
muzik = \relative c' { c2\( c4\) c }
\score {
\context Staff <<
\context Voice = melody { \muzik }
\context Lyrics = one \lyricsto melody \lyricsOne
\context Lyrics = two \lyricsto melody \lyricsTwo
% \context Lyrics = three \lyricsto melody \lyricsThree
>>
}
I'm trying to set two verses. Verse 1 has an extra note, and it's no problem
to get rid of it in verse 2 with \skip. The problem is that the word in
verse 2 is actually a hyphenated word, so a hyphen of some sort _must_
appear.
Using \skip won't work because a lyric hyphen doesn't like having a skip at
the end. Using a blank space (as shown in my example above) doesn't work
because the hyphen decides it doesn't need to be there and goes away
altogether.
But adding either a " " or a \skip produces error messages--apparently
hyphens are finicky about what must appear at either end. A mailing list
search revealed that creating a fake melody line and assigning it to DevNull
is not a highly-regarded option, which is just as well because I haven't yet
figured out how to make that work.
Am I stuck with specifying durations manually for the verse? Should I forge
bravely ahead and try to figure out DevNull? Or is there something obvious
I'm missing?
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