Thanks very much. I don't understand all of that just yet but this is great advice. I just finished reading Fundamental Concepts. J.
On 5/21/19 19:08, Aaron Hill wrote: > On 2019-05-21 8:48 pm, John Helly wrote: >> Mahalo. Definite maybe. I found a reference to using multiple voices in >> the learning manual that might be a more general solution but don't >> understand it yet. > > One thing multiple voices would let you do is separate the melody > between the verse and chorus so you may associate the lyrics > independently. Consider: > > %%%% > \version "2.19.82" > > Song.Voice.Verse = \fixed c' { f4 f g g | a2 c' } > Song.Voice.Chorus = \fixed c' { bes4 a g bes | a1 } > > Song.Lyrics.VerseI = \lyricmode { Lyr -- ics for the | first verse. } > Song.Lyrics.VerseII = \lyricmode { Sec -- ond verse has | these words. } > Song.Lyrics.VerseIII = \lyricmode { Syl -- la -- bles on | verse three. } > Song.Lyrics.Chorus = \lyricmode { Cho -- rus text goes | here. } > > << > \new Staff { > \key f \major > \new Voice = "verse" { \Song.Voice.Verse \bar "||" } > \new Voice = "chorus" { \Song.Voice.Chorus \bar ":|." } > } > \new Lyrics \lyricsto "verse" { \Song.Lyrics.VerseI } > \new Lyrics << > \lyricsto "verse" { \Song.Lyrics.VerseII } > \lyricsto "chorus" { \Song.Lyrics.Chorus } >> > \new Lyrics \lyricsto "verse" { \Song.Lyrics.VerseIII } >> > > %%%% > > Note that I have, like Karlin recommended, put the lyrics for the > chorus in the same Lyrics context as those for the second verse. If > you have an odd number of verses, you typically will include the > chorus with the middle one so you automatically get the correct > vertical alignment. > > However, if the chorus text only ever appears on its own line (as it > would if you add a \break after \bar "||"), then it should not matter > which Lyrics context the words are in. In fact, you could add a new > one just for the chorus. > > > -- Aaron Hill > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user -- ================================================ University of Hawaii, Maui College / Mobile 760.840.8660 _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user