On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 at 07:10, Walt North <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I use lilypond to enter music notes, chords, and lyrics and use those
> to create different handouts for different musicians. For those that
> receive melody lines I can insert breath marks.
>
> The rhythm guitarist just wants lyrics and chords. Is there any tidy
> way to insert breath marks in lyric lines? That don't look like
> apostrophes and don't take up time?
Hello,
You could add the Breathing_sign_engraver in the Lyrics context and use the
\breathe command in lyrics.
\layout {
\context {
\Lyrics
\consists "Breathing_sign_engraver"
\override BreathingSign.Y-offset = #2 % looks better
}
}
<<
\new Voice = "melody" \relative {
a'1 a4. a8 \breathe a2
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" {
These are the \breathe words
}
>>
Kind regards,
Xavier
