William,
Thanks. I agree that the barcheck warning message is cryptic. It appears
that this issue happens when the lyric is attached to notes that are tied
across a measure boundary. Unfortunately I can't change the third measure
- that motif from my simple example is used frequently in the pieces I am
working on at the moment. It's a catch-22. I start ignoring the barcheck
warnings because of the lyrics that cross measure boundaries and then miss
the legit warnings from where I've messed up the lyrics. The good news is
that even with the warnings, the output is exactly what I need it to be.
Thanks
-steve
On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 7:02 PM William Rehwinkel <
will...@williamrehwinkel.net> wrote:
> Dear Steve,
>
> I think the reason for this is hinted at by the cryptic "5/8" in the
> barcheck failure message. The "mine" at the end of the first measure
> extends all the way until the next note ("I"), which is not at the
> beginning of a bar, causing the barcheck to fail. If you try the
> following example which is identical except for removing "\skip |" which
> doesn't do anything and changing the notes of the third measure, the
> barcheck warning goes away.
>
> I think the only way to deal with this is to put barline checks in
> lyrics only when the lyric is on the first beat of the measure.
>
> Thanks,
> -William
>
> %--------
> \version "2.25.6"
> \language "english"
>
> <<
> \new Staff { \relative c' {
> f8 4 f8 f4 8 f8~ |
> 4 r4 r2 |
> 4 4
> %r2 r8 f8 4 |
> }
> }
> \addlyrics { \lyricmode {
> This Lit -- tle star -- O -- mine __ |
> I said |
> }
> }
> >>
>
>
> On 4/23/24 20:52, Steve Carlock wrote:
> > I'm confused. Given the following:
> >
> > %%%%%
> > \version "2.24.3"
> > \language "english"
> >
> > <<
> > \new Staff { \relative c' {
> > f8 4 f8 f4 8 f8~ |
> > 4 r4 r2 |
> > r2 r8 f8 4 |
> > }
> > }
> > \addlyrics { \lyricmode {
> > This Lit -- tle star -- O -- mine __ |
> > \skip |
> > I said |
> > }
> > }
> > >>
> > %%%%%
> >
> > I get a barcheck warning on the first measure of lyrics. I can resolve
> > it by adding a \skip to the end of the lyrics for the first measure, by
> > removing the bar at the end of the first measure of lyrics, or by
> > removing the third measure completely (both music and lyric).
> >
> > I have 6 notes in the first measure and 6 syllables in the lyrics so I
> > don't understand why I'm getting a barcheck warning, especially because
> > if you take out the third measure of music you don't get the warning.
> >
> > (In all cases the layout is exactly what I'm expecting/wanting).
> >
> > Please help me see the error of my ways.
> > Thanks!
> > -steve
> >
> > Version Info:
> > Lilypond: 2.24.3
> > Frescobaldi: 3.2
> > Extension API: 0.9.0
> > Python: 3.10.12
> > python-ly: 0.9.6
> > Qt: 5.15.3
> > PyQt: 5.15.6
> > sip: 6.5.1
> > qpageview: 0.6.2
> > poppler: 22.2.0
> > python-poppler-qt: 0.75.0
> > OS: Linux-5.15.0-102-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35
>
> --
> William Rehwinkel - Oberlin College and Conservatory '24
>
> will...@williamrehwinkel.net
>
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