this \voiceOne << \global \Sa \Sb >> means that those three parts overlap, as you say...
I'm guessing what you want is \new Staff = women << \new Voice \global \new Voice = "S" {\Sa \Sb } } >> \context Lyrics \lyricsto "S" { \womena \womenc } \context Lyrics \lyricsto "S" { \womenb } I've completely not tested it and may be wrong but you could try... Jakob. 2011/12/7 Dirkjan Ochtman <dirk...@ochtman.nl>: > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 21:48, Matthew Collett <m_coll...@ihug.co.nz> wrote: >> Try: >> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "S" { \womena \womenc } >> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "S" { \womenb } >> >> Assuming the variables with the notes and words are correctly defined, I >> think the only change needed is to the \lyricsto expressions, as indicated. > > Thanks for the suggestion, that seems sensible. It doesn't seem to do > the trick, however. I now have (simplified to): > > \score { > \new ChoirStaff << > \new Staff = women << > \new Voice = "S" { > \voiceOne << \global \Sa \Sb >> > } > >> > \context Lyrics \lyricsto "S" { \womena \womenb } > \context Lyrics \lyricsto "S" \womenc > >> > } > > But this seems to overlap the \Sa and \Sb melodic parts. It also > starts out with the \womena lyrics, then proceeds to overlap with one > syllable from \womenb, which then takes over. So it's not that close > yet. > > Cheers, > > Dirkjan > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user