Re: Narrow Word Lyric

2004-06-20 Thread Joshua Koo
Thanks Eric, I am not that sure of how to use the melismata, so I prefer the 2nd method too, partly because the 1st method might not work with multi-stanza verses too. So it worked! except some notes seems to shift its alignment, i guess with the \skip affecting them. Thanks, Joshua === At

RE: Narrow Word Lyric

2004-06-19 Thread Bertalan Fodor
No as in tips&tricks' lyric-hyphen-retain.ly says: "In tightly engraved music, hyphens are removed, except at the end of the line. Normally, lyrics are not typeset so tightly, but by tuning down padding of in SeparationItem, syllables are put closer together, and as a result hyphens may disappear."

Re: Narrow Word Lyric

2004-06-19 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Joshua Koo writes: > is it possilbe for a 2-syllable word in the lyrics to be shown as a > single word if the notes are closed enought. That is a word > seperated with -- eg. Hel -- lo, be shown below the notes as "Hello" I believe this is what LilyPond does. Please send an example where you fee

Re: Narrow Word Lyric

2004-06-18 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Friday 18 June 2004 20.41, Joshua Koo wrote: > Hi, > > is it possilbe for a 2-syllable word in the lyrics to be shown as a single > word if the notes are closed enought. That is a word seperated with -- eg. > Hel -- lo, be shown below the notes as "Hello" instead of Hel-lo if notes > are determi

Narrow Word Lyric

2004-06-18 Thread Joshua Koo
Hi, is it possilbe for a 2-syllable word in the lyrics to be shown as a single word if the notes are closed enought. That is a word seperated with -- eg. Hel -- lo, be shown below the notes as "Hello" instead of Hel-lo if notes are determinded closed enought. Thanks, Joshua