On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Chip Wiegand <c...@wiegand.org> wrote:
> I am having an issue with getting a lyric to align the first word to the
> first note of the piece. I have even commented out all the lyrics except the
> first two words of the two stanzas, but only the first word of each stanza
> appears and it is under the second note of the piece. I have included the
> code for the song below.
> Regards,
> Chip W
>
> code for the song so far -
>
> % LilyPond
> \include "english.ly"
> \version "2.12.3"
> \header{
> title = "Chatroom Girl"
> composer = "Music and Lyrics by Chip Wiegand"
> }
>
> global = {
> #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 * *) 1 4 'Staff)
> #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 * *) 2 4 'Staff)
> #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 * *) 3 4 'Staff)
> \override MultiMeasureRest #'expand-limit = 1
> \set Score.skipBars = ##t
> }
>
> tagline = \markup {
> \simple #(strftime "%b %d, %Y" (localtime (current-time)))
> \with-url #"http://lilypond.org/web/";
> { Engraved with LilyPond \simple #(lilypond-version)
> (http://lilypond.org/) Copyright 2010 Chip Wiegand}
> }
>
> \paper {
> top-margin = 1.00\cm
> page-top-space = 1.00\cm
> ragged-bottom = ##t
> left-margin = 25\mm
> line-width = 170\mm
> }
>
> staffMelody =
> \relative c'' {
> \global
> \clef treble
> \key g \major
> \time 4/4
> \tempo 4 = 120
>
> g8 g %{g a16 b c8 c d e
> d4 c b a
> g8 g a b c c d e
> d8 d c4 b a
> g8 g16 g a8 b c c d e
> d4 c b8 b a4
> g8 g g a16 b c8 c d e
> d4 c8 c b4 a~
> a2. r4 \bar "||"
>
> % [chorus]
> c4^"Chorus" c16 c c c~ c4 b8 c
> d8 e~ e d~ d4 r8 c
> b8 b b4 b8 a b a
> c8 c d c~ c4 r
> c4 c16 c c c~ c4 b8 c
> d8 e~ e d~ d4 r8 c
> b8 b b4 b8 a b a
> c8 c d c~ c4 r
> c4 c16 c c c~ c4 b8 c
> d8 e~ e d~ d4 r
> \times 2/3 {b4 b b b a b}
> c2. c4
> c1
> d4 d2.
> g,2. r4
>
> g8 g g a16 b c8 c d e
> d4 c b a
> g8 g a b c c d e
> d8 d c4 b a
> g8 g16 g a8 b c c d e
> d4 c b8 b a4
> g8 g g a16 b c8 c d e
> d4 c8 c b4 a~
> a2. r4 \bar "||" %}
> }
>
> theChords = \chordmode { g2 %{c2 d1
> g2 c2 d1
> g2 c2 d1
> g2 c2 d1 d1
> %chorus
> c1 d1 g1 c1
> c1 d1 g1 c1
> c1 d1 g1 c1
> c1 d1
> g2 c2 d2 g2
>
> g2 c2 d1
> g2 c2 d1
> g2 c2 d1
> g2 c2 d1 d1
> %chorus
> c1 d1 g1 c1 c1
> c1 d1 g1 c1 c1 %}
> }
>
> verseI = \lyricmode {
> \set stanza = #"1. "
> Are you %{just my im -- ag -- in -- a -- tion?
> Or are you real?
> I want to be -- lieve and trust you,
> What does my heart feel?
>
> We've ne -- ver met ex -- cept in chat -- ting,
> Time keeps slip -- ping by.
> Can we meet face to face and eye to
> eye want to say hi!
>
> %Chorus
> I've fal -- len in love with a
> chat -- room girl.
> She says she lives on the oth -- er
> side of the world.
> I've fal -- len in love with a
> chat -- room girl.
> She says she wants to be part of
> my lit -- tle world.
> I've fal -- len in love with a
> chat -- room girl.
> think -- ing and dream -- ing of
> her, my
> dream, chat -- room girl.
> %}
> }
>
> verseII = \lyricmode {
> \set stanza = #"2. "
> We meet %{on -- line and we chat all night,
> hard to con -- cen -- trate.
> My job and school are going down the drain
> I hope she is real.
>
> I have got to fig -- ure this out soon
> Must get my mind straight.
> And she has sto -- len my heart from me,
> I think only "we." %}
> }
> \score {
> <<
> \context ChordNames { \theChords }
> \new Staff { \global
> \context Voice = "voiceMelody" { \staffMelody }
> }
> \new Lyrics = "lyricsI" { \global
> \lyricsto "voiceMelody" \verseI
> }
> \new Lyrics = "lyricsII" { \global
> \lyricsto "voiceMelody" \verseII
> }
>
>>>
> \layout { }
> }
>
It looks like you're assigning the lyrics to a voice called
"voiceMelody" but your actual music is in a voice called "melody."
Maybe adjust that and see what happens.
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