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



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