Re: Combining lyrics lines

Le 18/03/2012 14:53, James disait : Jean-Charles, I don't understand how Lyrics work in LilyPond or what your last paragraph means (it is meaningless to me, sorry - I play trumpet, I don't sing, so never need to read or use lyrics in a score) I was hoping that you could give me a texidoc string

Re: Combining lyrics lines

Le 18/03/2012 14:53, James disait : Jean-Charles, I don't understand how Lyrics work in LilyPond or what your last paragraph means (it is meaningless to me, sorry - I play trumpet, I don't sing, so never need to read or use lyrics in a score) I was hoping that you could give me a texidoc string

Re: Combining lyrics lines

Jean-Charles, On 18 March 2012 12:49, Jean-Charles Malahieude wrote: > Le 18/03/2012 12:38, James disait : >> >> Hello, >> >> >> On 18 March 2012 11:33, Jean-Charles Malahieude wrote: >>> >>> Le 17/03/2012 11:14, Reedmace Star disait : >>> In the first line, Alice and Eve alternate strictly

Re: Combining lyrics lines

Le 18/03/2012 12:38, James disait : Hello, On 18 March 2012 11:33, Jean-Charles Malahieude wrote: Le 17/03/2012 11:14, Reedmace Star disait : In the first line, Alice and Eve alternate strictly in singing, so their lyrics get collapsed: ALICE EVE ALICE EVE maybe that the s

Re: Combining lyrics lines

! > > Well, like this: > … > looks good! -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Combining-lyrics-lines-tp33510107p33524418.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user ma

Re: Combining lyrics lines

* 2012-03-17 08:47 +0100 -Eluze: > Reedmace Star wrote: > > The layout overrides may still be useful for scores where there is > > occasional small overlap between the voices, though. > > I wonder how this would look like! Well, like this: \version "2.14.2" \layout { \context { \Lyrics

Re: Combining lyrics lines

Reedmace Star wrote: > > > The layout overrides may still be useful for scores where there is > occasional small overlap between the voices, though. > > I wonder how this would look like! cheers Eluze -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Comb

Re: Combining lyrics lines

* 2012-03-16 08:48 +0100 -Eluze: > maybe the simplest is without these layout overrides: > > \new Staff << > \new Voice = "a" { f'4 g' r2 | s1 f'4 g' r2 | s1 } > \new Voice = "b" { s1| a'2 g' s1| a'2 g' } > \new Lyrics << > \lyricsto "a" \lyricmode { may -- be sec

Re: Combining lyrics lines

* 2012-03-16 10:42 +0100 coffer: > Reedmace Star wrote: > > Now, the lyrics to "a" and "b" appear on separate lines, like this: > > maybe > > > > that the > > > > Instead, I would like to see them combined on one line whereever > > > > possible, like this: > > maybe

Re: Combining lyrics lines

gt;>> > > > This fails, I guess, because of the requirement to change the associated > voice one syllable early (2.1.1)? While that would be easy to fix in > this minimal example, it would be inconvenient in the actual score, > where the lyrics are stored in sep

Re: Combining lyrics lines

quot;b" { s1| a'2 g' s1| a'2 g' } \new Lyrics << \lyricsto "a" \lyricmode { may -- be sec -- ond } \lyricsto "b" \lyricmode { that the words are } >> >> Eluze -- V

Re: Combining lyrics lines

* 2012-03-15 21:53 +0100Janek Warchoł: > * 20012-03-15 3:01 PM, Reedmace Star > > Search for "centering the new Lyrics" thread by Keith OHara, from > December 2010. it might be exactly what you're looking for. Thank you, yes, that was exactly what I needed.

Re: Combining lyrics lines

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Reedmace Star wrote: > I am typesetting a musical-theater style song, with the parts of several > singers appearing on the same staff. > [..] >     maybe >             that the > > Instead, I would like to see them combined on one line wherever > possible, like thi

Re: Combining lyrics lines

#'Y-offset = #2.85 where 2.85 was just working for my individual test. hth Eluze -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Combining-lyrics-lines-tp33510107p33510377.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __

Combining lyrics lines

Dear Lilypond users, I am typesetting a musical-theater style song, with the parts of several singers appearing on the same staff. For unrelated reasons, I want to use a separate Voice context for each singer, even though the melodies usually don't overlap. The lyrics are defined separately fo