Any thoughts on this question? I thought that there was a command that could 'detach' a section of lyrics from the music for a specified time. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Would this work in this case?
Thanks for your suggestions. -Kevin On Sat, 2013-03-02 at 11:43 -0500, Kevin Zembower wrote: > Thanks for your help on my first problem. It emboldens me to ask about > another problem I'm having. And here, I can show a snippet. This is from > the Gloria, part of the New Mass for John Carroll (copyright GIA, Inc. > For the curious: > http://www.giamusic.com/search_details.cfm?title_id=19491): > > \version "2.12.3" > \include "english.ly" %Use English notation > > \header { > title = "Gloria" > } > > melodytwo = \relative c'' { > \key g \major % fs > r2 r4 g4 | a4 a2 a4 | > fs2. fs4 | g4 g2 a4 | > b2. r4 | r1 | > > r2 r4 g4 | a2 a2 | > fs2. fs4 | g2 a2 | > b2. r4 | r1 | > > r2 r4 g4 | a4 a2 a4 | > fs2. fs4 | g4 g fs2 | > e2. r4 | > } > > texttwo = \lyricmode { > Have | mer -- cy on | us, have | mer -- cy on | us. > \markup { > \column { "You take away the sins" > \line { "of the world," } > } > } > re -- | ceive our | prayer, re -- | ceive our | prayer. > \markup { > \column { "You are seated at the" > \line { "right hand of the Father,"} > } > } > have | mer -- cy on | us, have | mer -- cy on | us. > } > > \score{ > << > \new Voice = "two" { \melodytwo } > \new Lyrics \lyricsto "two" \texttwo > >> > \layout { > indent = 0 > \context { > \Staff > \remove "Time_signature_engraver" > \remove "Bar_number_engraver" > } > } > } > > My problem is that I'd like the words appearing in the \column sections > to appear between the two quarter-rests in bars 5 and 7, and bars 11 and > 13, or starting from the quarter-rest in bar 5 and filling bar 6, and > starting from the quarter-rest in bar 11 and filling bar 13. These words > are sung by the choir and are set to music in the full score, but on the > congregational handout, they just appear with rests. > > Thanks, again, for your help and suggestions. I also welcome any > suggestions on the overall style and contents of this snippet. > > -Kevin _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user