Why not just use 2 voices and skips?
{
\new Staff
<<
\new Voice = "Upper" {
a'4 a'4 \voiceOne a'4 a'4
a'4 a'4 a'4 a'4
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "Upper" { a b c d e f g h }
\new Voice = "Lower" {
s4 s4 \voiceTwo a'8 a'8 a'4
a'4 a'8 a'8 a'4 a'4
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "Lower" { a b c d e f g h }
>> % Staff end
}
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Phil Holmes
----- Original Message -----
From: Frederick Bartlett
To: lilypond-user@gnu.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 2:44 PM
Subject: Aligning multiple verses to alternative notes in the melody
Hi!
I have a song with irregular verses; I want to show the alternative notes in
the melody and align some verses to one alternative and some to the other.
I can come close by using '_' and the "divisi lyrics" instructions, but the
alignment is not perfect.
What I want is something like this:
4 4 4/8 8 4 | 4 4/8 8 4 4
a b c d e f g h
a b c d e f g h
where '4's are quarter notes, '8's are eighth notes, and '4/8's are both.
Here's a snippet:
firstVerse = \lyricmode { a b c d e f g h }
skippy = #(define-music-function (parser location syllables) (number?)
#{ \repeat unfold $syllables { \skip 1 } #})
LL = { \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT }
secondVerse = \lyricmode { \skippy 2 \LL a_b c d \LL e_f g h }
melodyMusic = \relative c'' { c4 c4 << { \voiceOne c4 } \new Voice = "split"
{ \voiceTwo c8 [ c8 ] } >> c4 | c4 << { \voiceOne c4 } \new Voice = "split" {
\voiceTwo c8 [ c8 ] } >> c4 c4 \bar "|." }
\new Staff = "voice" <<
\new Voice = "melody" << \voiceOne \global \melodyMusic>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" \firstVerse
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" \secondVerse
>>
Thanks!
Fred
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