I dont' recall anything in the tutorial about lyrics. Since I am still learning about the visual world of music can you give an example as to why you would want to do this? Just curious here and I absorb everything I learn in case I need it later.
Tc all and be blessed. On Mar 3, 2013, at 12:36 PM, Kevin Zembower <kzembo...@verizon.net> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user