OOPS! I forgot the attachment. Here it is... At 05:17 PM 7/22/00 -0500, I wrote: >I am trying to add verse numbers to my song and it is extremely difficult. > >I want them to appear directly under the time signature. Is this possible? > >You can see my song in the attached file. I added a "dummy" note to the >beginning of the song, in order to have verse numbers. > >I am using LilyPond 1.3.46.jbr1 (on Windows 98). > >Thanks in advance!!
\include "paper16.ly" \header { piece = "eagley c.m."; arranger = "J. Walsh."; tagline = ""; } beginmatter = \notes {\time 3/4; \key bes \major; } text = \simultaneous { \lyrics { $1. Of all the gifts Thy love be -- stows, Thou Gi -- ver of all good! Not heaven it -- self a rich_ -- er knows Than the Re -- deem -- er's blood. } \lyrics { $2. Faith, too, that trusts the blood through grace, From that same love we gain; Else sweet -- ly as it suits our case, The gift had been in vain. } \lyrics { $3. We praise Thee, and would praise Thee more, To Thee our all we owe; The pre -- cious Sav -- iour and the power That makes Him pre -- cious too. } } soprano = \notes { s2. d'4 g'4 a'4 | % 2 \context Voice = soprano { \slurup \stemup bes'4 () c''4 } d''4 | % 3 d''2 c''4 | % 4 bes'2. | % 5 g'4 g'4 bes'4 | % 6 ees''2 g'4 | % 7 f'2. | % 8 c'4 g'4 a'4 | % 9 \context Voice = soprano { \stemup bes'4 () c''4 } f'4 | % 10 \context Voice = soprano { \stemup d''2 } c''4 | % 11 bes'2. | % 12 g'4 ees''4 g'4 | % 13 \context Voice = soprano { \slurup \stemup f'4 () bes'4 } a'4 | % 14 bes'2. } alto = \notes { c''2. f'4 ees'4 c'4 | % 2 d'4 () ees'4 f'4 | % 3 f'2 ees'4 | % 4 d'2. | \break % 5 ees'4 ees'4 g'4 | % 6 g'2 ees'4 | % 7 d'2. | \break % 8 f'4 c'4 f'4 | % 9 \context Voice = alto { \stemdown f'2 } d''4 | % 10 \context Voice = alto { \stemdown f'4 () e'4 } ees'4 | % 11 d'2. | \break % 12 ees'4 g'4 ees'4 | % 13 d'4 () f'4 ees'4 | % 14 d'2. } tenor = \notes { s2. bes,4 bes4 bes4 | % 2 bes2 bes4 | % 3 \context Voice = tenor { \stemup f4 () g4 } a4 | % 4 bes2. | % 5 bes4 bes4 bes4 | % 6 bes2 bes4 | % 7 bes2. | % 8 f4 bes4 c'4 | % 9 bes4 () a4 bes4 | % 10 \context Voice = tenor { \stemup bes4 () g4 } ges4 | % 11 bes2. | % 12 bes4 c'4 c'4 | % 13 d'2 c'4 | % 14 bes2. } bass = \notes { s2. bes4 bes,4 bes,4 | % 2 bes,2 bes,4 | % 3 f2 f4 | % 4 bes,2. | % 5 ees4 ees4 ees4 | % 6 ees2 ees4 | % 7 bes,2. | % 8 a4 e4 ees4 | % 9 \context Voice = bass { \slurdown \stemdown d4 () c4 } bes,4 | % 10 f2 a4 | % 11 g2. | % 12 ees4 c4 ees4 | % 13 f2 f4 | % 14 bes,2. } topstaff = \context Staff = upper \notes { \clef "treble"; \beginmatter \property Voice.noAutoBeaming = ##t \property Staff.automaticMelismata= ##t < \soprano \alto > } bottomstaff = \context Staff = lower \notes { \clef "bass"; \beginmatter < \tenor \bass > } \score { < \addlyrics \topstaff \context Lyrics \text \bottomstaff > \paper { indent = 0.0; linewidth = 4.5\in; } }