Yes, that works, thank you! I thought I had tried that option, but apparently not... silly me!
On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 8:52 PM Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu> wrote: > "*Vo" will put the asterisk before the first Syllable. > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S®6 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> > ------------------------------ > *From:* lilypond-user <lilypond-user-bounces+carl.d.sorensen= > gmail....@gnu.org> on behalf of Kira Garvie <kgar...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 20, 2021 5:48:25 PM > *To:* Lilypond-User Mailing List <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > *Subject:* Asterisk before first syllable of verse > > Hello all! I need there to be an asterisk before the first syllable of > this verse, but I can't figure out how to make it work with also keeping > the hyphenation of the word, and not bumping all the lyrics over one > syllable... also, I dont use the \addLyrics command because the text and > the music are actually saved as separate files and the command to combine > them is elsewhere. > > StanzaSix = \lyricmode { > > \set stanza = "2." > > \set language = "es" > > \override StanzaNumber #'font-shape = #'italic > > \override LyricText #'font-shape = #'italic > > Vo -- so -- tros hi -- jos de~Is -- ra -- el, > > > > Thank you! >