Re: Choral lyrics assistance, please.

2008-02-04 Thread Jay Ricketts
I might just be adding to the noise level, but my quick-n-dirty workaround to multiple verses that follow refrains is to paste in a bunch of empty quotes - one pair per syllable. And once you have the set for verse 2 (verse 1 will have the refrain, of course), you just paste the whole set of quote

Re: Choral lyrics assistance, please.

2008-02-04 Thread Graham Percival
Thanks for the detailed analysis! Trevor might want to modify the LM based on this -- I'm not certain if he knew how \book worked when he wrote the sections... I know that *I* didn't (and still don't) know how it works, and I'm the one who is theoretically editing his work. (that's why I always c

Re: Choral lyrics assistance, please.

2008-02-04 Thread Nicholas WASTELL
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:59:17 +0100 Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... there's no need to use > \book here. If you just remove the "\book {" and matching "}", you will > get exactly the same result. If there's any information left in the > current manual that indicates that you nee

Re: Choral lyrics assistance, please.

2008-02-03 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting NJW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The solution (that is, one solution ;-) ) is to put it in a book. The prospect of using the \book command seemed a bit too advanced, but is actually quite straightforward. Use of \paper in the \book is analogous to \layout in \score. \book { \score {

RE: Choral lyrics assistance, please.

2008-02-03 Thread Trevor Daniels
} \new Lyrics \lyricsto refrainB { \refrainwordsB } >> >> } \new Lyrics \lyricsto verse { \versewords } >> } } HTH Trevor D > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mai

Re: Choral lyrics assistance, please.

2008-02-03 Thread NJW
With apologies for replying to myself, but hoping this will help someone following on. > This piece has a solo verse, followed by four-part refrain, > with differences in lyrics and rhythms in all four parts. The solution (that is, one solution ;-) ) is to put it in a book. The prospect of us

Choral lyrics assistance, please.

2008-02-02 Thread NJW
This problem has occupied me for about three weeks! I have progressed quite easily from single-staff through four-part choral music with lyrics, but they have all been quite straightforward. This piece has a solo verse, followed by four-part refrain, with differences in lyrics and rhythms in all