Hi Simon,
> you can quote lyrics perfectly well. It’s just that of course the quoting
> logic is based on durations, so I think explicit durations are unavoidable
Ah! That makes sense.
Despite the extra work, it’s probably QUITE worth it in my larger projects.
Thanks!
Kieren.
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Hi Kieren,
On 29.02.24 15:42, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
I didn’t see an issue/request for quoting lyrics, so I added one
(https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6700) and we’ll see how the
discussion goes. :)
I was curious and tried, and in fact you can quote lyrics perfectly
well. It
Simon Albrecht writes:
> The downside of that is that I cannot add more tags to those groups on
> the fly, and always have to add them directly to the library file.)
Suggestions for a user interface to do that?
--
David Kastrup
On 29.02.24 15:42, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
use both \keepWithTag_and_ \removeWithTag like this:
text = \lyricmode {
\tag A { on -- ly al -- to }
\tag nA { ev’ -- ry -- one ex -- cept al -- to }
}
#mindblown
Why didn’t I think of using set theory?!
THANK YOU! That hint a
Hi David,
On 29.02.24 15:54, David Kastrup wrote:
I'd rather use
\tagGroup alto,non-alto
\lyricmode {
\tag alto { on -- ly al -- to }
\tag non-alto { ev’ -- ry -- one ex -- cept al -- to }
}
\keepWithTag alto ...
\keepWithTag non-alto ...
But one would need to look at the rest to see w
Simon Albrecht writes:
> This could be preferable if you can delineate the sections
> well. Trying out \partcombine quickly made me avoid it until
> absolutely necessary, but maybe it becomes manageable with clever and
> experienced use of \partCombineApart and friends. In choral pieces, I
> ofte
Hi Simon,
> huge respect for the kind of projects you are doing :)
Thanks — I need all the [psychological] help I can get! LOL
> Answering these questions is difficult because they can depend a lot on the
> specifics of the music and any solution can become cumbersome because of only
> a litt
Hi Kieren,
huge respect for the kind of projects you are doing :)
Answering these questions is difficult because they can depend a lot on
the specifics of the music and any solution can become cumbersome
because of only a little instance that doesn’t fit the schematic. A few
thoughts:
On 27
Hi all,
So… In the musical I’m currently co-writing (and solo-engraving!), I’ve got a
bunch of different variables for the various vocal lines, e.g.
Frogs_Sammy_notes = { … }
Frogs_Sammy_lyrics = \lyricmode { … }
Frogs_Michael_notes = { … }
Frogs_Michael_lyrics = \lyricmode { … }
Frogs_chorus_up
