Re: Lyrics questions

2013-11-13 Thread Eluze
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Re: Lyrics questions

2013-11-12 Thread Jim Long
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:23:58AM +0100, Jacques Menu wrote: > > It?s my first attempt at producing scores with lyrics When making first attempts, it is sometimes helpful to start with a small example. I'm not much more experienced with lyrics than you are, but I believe you need to use \new Ly

Re: Lyrics questions

2013-11-11 Thread Eluze
d what you mean - the lyrics *are* placed out side of the staff, aren't they? Eluze -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Lyrics-questions-tp153755p153784.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __

Lyrics questions

2013-11-11 Thread Jacques Menu
Hello Folks, I can’t sort the following out form the docs of snippets… When should I use « \new Lyrics \lyricsto sopranoLevelTwo » and « \context Lyrics = "foo" \lyricsto sopranoLevelTwo » And what’s the difference between the two? Also, why can’t I place such lyrics commands

Fw: Lyrics Questions

2006-12-13 Thread Vivian Barty-Taylor
December, 2006 8:38:34 PM Subject: Re: Lyrics Questions Vivian wrote: > 2: Extenders. I'm not using /lyricsto or /addlyrics >because the rhythms in > my music are too complex. >Instead I'm just entering all the lyrics with > duration >values and then printing them in a

Re: Lyrics Questions

2006-12-13 Thread Monk Panteleimon
Vivian wrote: > 2: Extenders. I'm not using /lyricsto or /addlyrics >because the rhythms in > my music are too complex. >Instead I'm just entering all the lyrics with > duration >values and then printing them in a Lyrics context. How >can I (or > can I) add extenders manually? At the moment >no

Re: Two lyrics questions

2006-12-13 Thread Geoff Horton
1: I want to begin a word with a ( . I need to do this to indicate how a vowel is to be pronounced - e.g. (ch)il(d) . I've tried various things - using escape sequences as described in the manual, preceeding the bracket with a \ etc. but nothing gives me clean output (i.e. without other characters

Two lyrics questions

2006-12-13 Thread Vivian Barty-Taylor
I'm having two (unrelated) problems adding lyrics at the moment, and wondered if someone could help. 1: I want to begin a word with a ( . I need to do this to indicate how a vowel is to be pronounced - e.g. (ch)il(d) . I've tried various things - using escape sequences as described in the manua

Re: More lyrics questions/comments

2004-01-15 Thread Carl Youngblood
I need to revise my statement. I was able to add an extender to a note with a rest after it, as long as I didn't use the addlyrics mode. There doesn't appear to be a way to do this in addlyrics mode. Carl On Jan 15, 2004, at 10:16 AM, Carl Youngblood wrote: On Jan 10, 2004, at 4:50 PM, Nick

Re: More lyrics questions/comments

2004-01-15 Thread Carl Youngblood
On Jan 10, 2004, at 4:50 PM, Nick Busigin wrote: There are situations in my lyrics when I want to put something like an extender, but not really. I just want to put a line after a word to show that I want it held for the full value of the note. Sort of a gentle reminder. However, extensions, do

Re: More lyrics questions/comments (update)

2004-01-10 Thread Stan Sanderson
Sorry- I should have mentioned that I was using lilypond 2.1.6, installed through Fink on Mac OS 10.2.8, GCC 3.3 enabled. I've used a local tree and updated the info and patch files. I just finished reinstalling 2.1.6 after a frustrating hour with 2.1.8. I was unable to produce melismas with co

Re: More lyrics questions/comments

2004-01-10 Thread Stan Sanderson
I've used a combination of underline extenders (word__ ) and \skips. For example, to attach text to a measure consisting of a dotted half note followed by a quarter note (4/4 time), I might use "man4.__ _8 \skip4 I4" to obtain " man- I ". Stan On Saturday, January 10, 2004, at 05:05 P

More lyrics questions/comments

2004-01-10 Thread Carl Youngblood
There are situations in my lyrics when I want to put something like an extender, but not really. I just want to put a line after a word to show that I want it held for the full value of the note. Sort of a gentle reminder. However, extensions, don't allow me to do this. Is there a built-in