Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> writes: >>> "A line of text should be parallel to the stave for the length of >>> the system, and not be placed on different levels to accommodate >>> notes below the stave". >>> >>> This refers to lyrics. >>> >> >> I'll tell that to my singers as they tar and feather me. > > Now you know why different clefs do exist to avoid ledger lines (gosh, > do your singers create the sound of those notes really with the > *mouth*?)
I do so not want to hear of any alternatives. > To be serious: I suggest either an octavation line or really a clef > change to "bass_8" Actually, singers don't like such things. It interferes with their pitch sense. I think the "Carmina Burana" has some piece for a bass or baritone falsettist and it is written in $#!! bass clef, with oodles of ledger lines. No idea how anybody is going to figure out just where in the scale he is currently singing. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
