Re: Lyrics, ties, extenders and hyphens

2005-10-27 Thread Neil Killeen
Mats many thanks for following that up. regards Neil From: Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Neil Killeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Lyrics, ties, extenders and hyphens Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:17:52 +0200 I have now checked an author

Re: Lyrics, ties, extenders and hyphens

2005-10-27 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I have now checked an authoritative book ("Noter" by Börje Tyboni, unfortunately only available in Swedish). It turns out that you can have extender lines also for tied over notes, not only for melismas. The rule is rather that you should only use an extender line if there is a wide space to the n

Re: Lyrics, ties, extenders and hyphens

2005-10-25 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I don't have any book on music typesetting practice available in front of me right now, but will try some advanced guesses anyway. Neil Killeen wrote: Hi 1) what is the correct thing to do with a lyric and a tie ? Should one use an extender like with a melisma ? Thus a~ a Fish __

Lyrics, ties, extenders and hyphens

2005-10-24 Thread Neil Killeen
Hi 1) what is the correct thing to do with a lyric and a tie ? Should one use an extender like with a melisma ? Thus a~ a Fish __ Lilypond seems tolerant if I don't add the extender a~ a Fish 2) Also, I am finding extenders and hyphens get mixed up if I do extend ties.