Simon Albrecht <simon.albre...@mail.de> writes: > Am 10.09.2014 um 02:35 schrieb Steven Arntson: >> I'm trying to get stanzas to work for a song that has two verses. What >> am I doing wrong? >> >> text = \lyricmode { >> \set stanza = #"1. " >> here are | %m1 >> the words | %m2 >> } >> \lyricmode { >> \set stanza = #"2. " >> here are | %m1 >> more words | %m2 >> } > If you want to assign both stanzas to one variable, then it is > necessary to wrap them. As they are occuring simultaneously, this is > done with << >>: > > text = << > \lyricmode { > \set stanza = #"1. " > here are | %m1 > the words | %m2 > } > \lyricmode { > \set stanza = #"2. " > here are | %m1 > more words | %m2 > } >>> > > Yours, Simon
Thank you, this is exactly what I was groping toward, I think. I appreciate the help, and will keep trying to learn what I can! Best, steven _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user