single-staff polyphony with changing lyrics

2010-08-09 Thread apqc
Hello :) I have run into an issue with a choral piece (Gretchaninov's Cherubic Hymn) of which I am making an edition. In the tenor part, the voice splits and I need to align the lyrics differently: in bar 3 of the extract below, the lower tenor sings 'отложимъ' again, and in bar 4, while the low

collisions with optional voice ...

2010-07-30 Thread apqc
I'm trying to put together a piece of choral music and am working on the alto line. At one point the altos split but the top part is optional. I want the optional part to display with smaller notes. I have managed this with the following: <<{ \set fontSize = #-3 c