Overriding (dashed) ties when entering lyrics

When I put in lyrics, each syllable that I enter falls under a note in "melody", unless the note is tied over. Is there a way to override this feature when the tie is say, dashed? I've tried to put \override Tie #'tieDashed = ##t inside the context bracket \layout { \context { }

Rhythm variations in each repeated sequence

I'm trying to typeset a song with a verse-chorus-verse-chorus-verse-chorus... form. Basically the structure of the piece is like this: ||: verse chorus :|| cadenza However, each verse has small variations in rhythm (and notes) which I want to include using \teeny noteheads. This

Re: Issue with autochange, staves and rests

OK, now I'm just being thick :( R1*12/8 \autochange {\relative {r4. e,16 f g a b c d e f g a b c d r f r a}} should do the trick. Sorry if I've wasted your time. -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Issue-with-autochange-staves-and-rests-tp157475p157476.htm

Issue with autochange, staves and rests

I get a funny-looking score with my code: \version "2.16.2" \header{ title = "title" subsubtitle = "composer" } up = \relative c' { \clef treble \key c \major \time 12/8 R1*12/8 r4. \autochange {\relative {e,16 f g a b c d e f g a b c d r f r a}} } down = \relative c { \clef bass

Re: Autochange not working

Doh! I mean: \autochange { \relative{c4 c, c, c' c' c, c, c, c' c' c' c'}} ...and it works. Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Autochange-not-working-tp157471p157474.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _

Re: Autochange not working

So it should be something like this: \relative{\autochange {c4 c, c, c' c' c, c, c, c' c' c' c'}} ? It doesn't seem to make much difference... -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Autochange-not-working-tp157471p157473.html Sent from the User mailing list ar

Autochange not working

Here is my code: \version "2.16.2" \header{ title = \markup{"title"} subsubtitle = \markup{"subtitle"} } up = \relative c'' { \clef treble \key c \major \time 4/4 \autochange {c4 c, c, c' c' c, c, c, c' c' c' c'} } down = \relative c { \clef bass \key c \major \t

Re: Position of text and symbol above note

Genius. Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Position-of-text-and-symbol-above-note-tp157390p157397.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gn

Re: Position of text and symbol above note

This works, but is there a way to vertically align the coda symbol so that it looks nicer? -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Position-of-text-and-symbol-above-note-tp157390p157394.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _

Position of text and symbol above note

I want to postion "To Coda" and the coda symbol on a single line above a note like this a4.^"To Coda"\coda prints the text and symbol on separate lines. Is there a quick and easy way to modify this? (I'm currently using

Re: Removing empty staves in piano template with melody and lyrics

Thanks, all. Anyway, this works for version 2.16.2: \layout { \context { \Staff \RemoveEmptyStaves \override VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t } } -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Removing-empty-staves-in-piano-template-with-melody-and

Re: Removing empty staves in piano template with melody and lyrics

Really? I just get an error when I change that line: warning: cannot find property type-check for `remove-first' (translation-type?). perhaps a typing error? warning: doing assignment anyway warning: cannot find property type-check for `remove-first' (translation-type?). perhaps a typing error?

Removing empty staves in piano template with melody and lyrics

I'm using the template shown in the LilyPond manual with a few modifications: \version "2.16.2" \header{ title = \markup{"title"} subsubtitle = \markup{"subtitle"} } melody = \relative c'' { \clef treble \key c \major \time 4/4 R1*16 a4 b c d } text = \lyricmode { Aaa Bee Cee De