Hi Vaughan, Actually that has always been my understanding and experience of how the \skip command works - it skips single notes. In your case you'd need \skip 4 for the full bar.
Best, Robert On 13 Aug 2012, at 07:05, Vaughan McAlley <vaug...@mcalley.net.au> wrote: > This is a slight variation on: > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/snippets/vocal-music#single-staff-template-with-notes-and-lyrics > > I’m trying to apply the idea from Skips in lyric mode[1], so that the > lyrics start in the second bar, but the \skip only skips to the next > note. > > Vaughan > > \version "2.14.2" > > melody = \relative c' { > \clef treble > \key c \major > \time 4/4 > > d4 e f g a b c d > } > > text = \lyricmode { > \skip 1 % should skip a whole bar > Aaa Bee Cee Dee % Aaa appears on second note, not at the start of the second > bar > } > > \score{ > << > \new Voice = "one" { > \autoBeamOff > \melody > } > \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text >>> > } > > _______________________________________________ > 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
