Re: adding lyrics is baffling to me...

2004-03-10 Thread Edward Sanford Sutton, III
On Tuesday March 2 2004 13:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I need help with lyrics. I am using version 2.1.0-2 in Debian Sarge > (testing) and my lyrics are not lining up under notes. I need to know > how to install spaces in lyrics where there are rests. I think it is something

adding lyrics is baffling to me...

2004-03-06 Thread Nancho Alvarez
I use a different version of lilypond (2.1.25) but I think the problem is that you do not specify correctly de duraction of each sylable. Try this \context Lyrics \lyrics { On8 Mon- day I went to my home,8*5 And8 there I was paint- ed in blue.8*5 I8 sang a nice song,4 etc } Observe that you do no

Re: adding lyrics is baffling to me...

2004-03-04 Thread Mats Bengtsson
The solution most people use is to use \addlyrics, see the section on "Printing lyrics" in the Tutorial. If you want to explicitly specify the duration of the lyrics syllables, one option is to let the duration of the syllable include both the duration of the note and the following rest. For exampl

adding lyrics is baffling to me...

2004-03-02 Thread smacnay
Hi everyone, I need help with lyrics. I am using version 2.1.0-2 in Debian Sarge (testing) and my lyrics are not lining up under notes. I need to know how to install spaces in lyrics where there are rests. I have: \paper { indent = 1.0 } \score { << \context ChordNames \chords { r2. a2. e2.