> On Jan 14, 2013, at 2:22 AM, Tim Rowe wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to notate a song with piano accompaniment, but I don't want
>> a separate voice line printed -- the singer will be able to work it
>> out from the piano part, and space is at a premium. I do need to align
>> the lyrics to the voice line, though. Would a reasonable way around
>> that be to create a voice for the vocal line and prevent it being
>> printed? How would I do that? And is there a better way? I'd prefer
>> not to have to fall back to manual syllable durations, but I suppose
>> that would be possible if I have to.
>>
>> Thanks,
>
> You could theoretically use \hideNotes and simply enclose both the right hand
> piano and the voice line in a << >> construct, but lilypond will complain of
> collision errors (which are not visible). This is assuming that the piano
> plays on some beats that the singer doesn't sing. If, in fact, the singer
> singer every single beat that the piano plays, you could just assign a name
> to the right hand piano voice and align the lyrics to that.
I should clarify, the hidden voice part could also consist of just \repeat
unfold 50000 {c''4} (assuming there are no rests…
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