So, I was reading through the changes to vocal music, and I had an epiphany.
The current solution for lyrics independent of notes is predicated on the idea
that the lyrics should be attached to some voice. Since \lyricmode just tells
lilypond that the entry will be text rather than notes, why not simply use that
instead of the DevNull context, and explicitly state the rhtyhms for the
lyrics. The rhythms are entered anyway because of the lyricrhythm tag, so the
user will have to enter rhythms at some point. I think it makes for a much more
elegant solution. Consider:
voice = {
c''2 c''
d''1
}
lyr = \lyricmode { I4 like2 my cat!2. }
<<
\new Staff \voice
\new Lyrics \lyr
\new Staff { c'8 c' c' c' c' c' c' c' c' c' c' c' c' c' c' c' }
>>
It has the disadvantage of having to explicitly enter the rhtyhm for all of the
lyrics, not just the tagged part, but it eliminates the need for the DevNull
context. Bad idea? Good idea?
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