David Wright <lily...@lionunicorn.co.uk> writes:

> On Mon 14 Nov 2016 at 14:30:44 (+0100), Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>> On 14 November 2016 at 13:31, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > While trying to add slightly more complex fingerings (button label +
>> > finger number) on top of some scores, I'm facing a problem with ties
>> > on the following structure:
>> >
>> >   << {f'2~} {s8 d'4.~} {s4 b4~} {s4. g8} >>
>> >   <f b d' f'>4. <f f'>8 |
>> 
>> I just realized that I could probably use the technique mentioned in
>>     
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics
>>     Polyphony with shared lyrics
>> like
>>     \new NullVoice = "aligner" \aligner
>> but that will add yet another layer of complexity (or let's better
>> call it "yet another repetition of the same thing and yet another
>> option where things could go wrong") to the already annoyingly
>> error-prone way of entering button names.
>> 
>> (It would be really awesome if I could enter button names and finger
>> numbers right next to the music itself.)
>
> I too dislike the fact that NullVoice gives you another Voice to
> maintain in sync with the voices it is (logically) associated with.
>
> Wouldn't it be great if there were an "AutoVoice" which, given a list
> of voices, would produce a NullVoice thingy to which one could set
> lyrics, where the AutoVoice would contain a "lyric attachment moment"
> at every moment in the collected voices.

Have you tried attaching lyrics to the Staff recently?  It does not deal
correctly with ties and ligatures yet but it probably is how this should
work in future.

-- 
David Kastrup

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