Here is an MWE showing my problem. What I don’t understand is why and extra ‘_2’ is needed in lyricsManual to obtain the same alignment as in the two automatic cases. The snippet comes from Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes.
Thanks for your help! JM %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \version "2.19.83" music = \relative c'' { fis2 fis4 fis8 gis | % 40 ais!8 [ gis fis gis ] ais [ b cis d ] ( | % 41 e2 ) e4 d8 cis | % 42 d2 b8 cis d e | % 43 \break | % 44 } lyricsManual = \lyricmode { "mats!"2 "Et"4 "tu"8 "ré"8 -- "pands"8 __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _2 %%%% HERE "dans"4 "nos"8 "cli" -- "mats"2 "Ta"8 "plus"8 "é" -- "cla"8 } lyricsAutomatic = \lyricmode { "mats!"2 "Et"4 "tu"8 "ré"8 -- "pands"8 __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ %%%% HERE "dans"4 "nos"8 "cli" -- "mats"2 "Ta"8 "plus"8 "é" -- "cla"8 } lyricsAutomaticSimpler = \lyricmode { mats! Et tu ré -- pands __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ %%%% HERE dans nos cli -- mats Ta plus é -- cla } << \new Staff = "Part_PFour_Staff_One" << \context Voice = "Part_PFour_Staff_One_Voice_One" << \music >> \new Lyrics \with { associatedVoice = "Part_PFour_Staff_One_Voice_One" } \lyricsManual >> >> << \new Staff = "Part_PFour_Staff_One" << \context Voice = "Part_PFour_Staff_One_Voice_One" << \music >> \new Lyrics { \lyricsto "Part_PFour_Staff_One_Voice_One" { \lyricsAutomatic } } >> >> << \new Staff = "Part_PFour_Staff_One" << \context Voice = "Part_PFour_Staff_One_Voice_One" << \music >> \new Lyrics { \lyricsto "Part_PFour_Staff_One_Voice_One" { \lyricsAutomaticSimpler } } >> >> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > Le 26 août 2019 à 20:36, Simon Albrecht <simon.albre...@mail.de> a écrit : > > Hi Jacques, > > this doesn’t exactly answer your question, but I’ve always found that manual > alignment of lyrics is a huge pain to get working and thus never use it… > > Best, Simon > > On 26.08.19 17:39, Jacques Menu wrote: >> Hello folks, >> >> The more I read this chapter, and the more I feel it is a kind of imbroglio, >> mixing automatic and manual alignment of lyrics to the voice. >> >> Do you also feel this would merit a rewrite? >> >> JM >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> lilypond-user@gnu.org >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
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