This problem has occupied me for about three weeks! I have progressed quite easily from single-staff through four-part choral music with lyrics, but they have all been quite straightforward.
This piece has a solo verse, followed by four-part refrain, with differences in lyrics and rhythms in all four parts. I can get the music to compile properly, but I'm having no success with adding the lyrics. The following code is representative of what I've got so far. I have included comments at the positions of potential lyric context code, showing the errors. The dummy '\context Lyric' line was to try and help Lilypond find the 'verse' Voice (from the way NoteEdit arranged LP code, right or wrong) but it didn't make any difference. If the solution is obvious, I apologise in advance! (I hope Nabble doesn't reformat everything -- is there a <code> tag?) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \version "2.11.37" versenotes = \relative c'' { \clef "treble" \key g \major \time 3/4 g g g b b b } refrainnotesA = \relative c'' { \time 2/4 c c g g \bar "|." } refrainnotesB = \relative c { \clef "bass" \key g \major c e d d } versewords = \lyricmode { One two three four five six } refrainwordsA = \lyricmode { la la la la } refrainwordsB = \lyricmode { dum dum dum dum } \score { \new ChoirStaff { \new Staff \context Voice = verse \versenotes \break % Dummy Lyrics context : % \context Lyrics = v \lyricsto verse { } % Following line causes 'Moment is not increasing' error : % \context Lyrics = verse \lyricsto verse \versewords << \refrainnotesA \new Staff = refrainB \context Voice = refrainB { \refrainnotesB } >> % Following line causes 'cannot find Voice 'verse' : % \context Lyrics = v \lyricsto verse \versewords } } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -- Nick. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Choral-lyrics-assistance%2C-please.-tp15245586p15245586.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user