Re: mid-melisma lyrics

Hi JM, > automagic : a quite nice new word! It may be new to you, but I can hardly claim credit: Oxford (cf. ) dates it to the 1940s. Cheers, Kieren. Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenma

Re: mid-melisma lyrics

Hello Kieren, automagic : a quite nice new word! JM > Le 21 août 2017 à 04:02, Kieren MacMillan a > écrit : > > Hi Trevor, > >> I think I might treat the "m" as a separate lyric event, i.e. as a separate >> syllable, like this: > > Well, that's one way of doing it… > I don't like it, thoug

Re: mid-melisma lyrics

Hi Trevor, > I think I might treat the "m" as a separate lyric event, i.e. as a separate > syllable, like this: Well, that's one way of doing it… I don't like it, though: it's not the convention (cf. Gould, bottom of pg. 453), nor is it particularly intuitive for a singer. That being said, you

Re: mid-melisma lyrics

Sorry, that was a bit garbled and premature. Try this: > Kieren, you wrote Friday, August 18, 2017 7:01 PM > > Hi Kieren > >> The snippet, below, is a mockup of what I'd like to accomplish without >> resorting to markup hacks. >> I've tried a few things (\melismaOff, etc.), but the only succe

Re: mid-melisma lyrics

Kieren, you wrote Friday, August 18, 2017 7:01 PM Hi Kieren > The snippet, below, is a mockup of what I'd like to accomplish without > resorting to markup hacks. > I've tried a few things (\melismaOff, etc.), but the only successful ones are > even hackier than the markup hack (involving hidde

mid-melisma lyrics

Hello all, The snippet, below, is a mockup of what I'd like to accomplish without resorting to markup hacks. I've tried a few things (\melismaOff, etc.), but the only successful ones are even hackier than the markup hack (involving hidden notes, etc.) Any suggestions/solutions appreciated! Tha