Re: Lyrics and Clefs in Cues for Horns

2005-03-21 Thread Mats Bengtsson
J. Daniel Ashton wrote: Near the very end of a movement, I want to set lyrics to choral (soprano?) cues for two measures. The horn part is shown on two staves (1st horn, 2nd horn) and I want the cues in the top staff, with the lyrics between the staves. Is there a way to "drop this in"? Or does

Re: Lyrics and Clefs in Cues for Horns

2005-03-20 Thread D Josiah Boothby
I can't help you with the lyrics question, but: (Pre-question: is there a mode where the key signature is not shown, but all accidentals are printed? This seems to be the common way to write horn parts, but I don't see how to do it in Lilypond except to manipulate the key signatures myself.) Somet

Lyrics and Clefs in Cues for Horns

2005-03-19 Thread J. Daniel Ashton
Hello all, I'm typesetting horn parts to an oratorio. (Pre-question: is there a mode where the key signature is not shown, but all accidentals are printed? This seems to be the common way to write horn parts, but I don't see how to do it in Lilypond except to manipulate the key signatures mysel

Re: Lyrics and clefs

2002-06-11 Thread Iain Phillips
Thanks very much for the tips. I got good results by just applying the VerticalExtent to the tenor voice. I like the close spacing between notes and lyrics. Regards Iain Phillips Mats Bengtsson wrote: > > One feature of Lilypond is that it adjusts the spacing > between different staves and bet

Re: Lyrics and clefs

2002-06-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
One feature of Lilypond is that it adjusts the spacing between different staves and between staves and lyrics based on the vertical extent of each stave. The problem is that the highest and lowest object of a stave is used to determine the spacing, even though they may be separated horizontally.

Lyrics and clefs

2002-06-08 Thread Iain Phillips
I would like to use the treble clef down an octave (G_8) for the tenor voice in transcribing a choral piece. I notice that the lyrics are placed lower than when a simple treble clef is used, as if they are trying to avoid clashing with the 8 below the clef. Is there a way I can get the lyrics hi