Re: Lyrics ties

2006-09-24 Thread Graham Percival
Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi, Han-Wen: Sounds like a good trick for the manual. IMO, the undertie is too big in the base font -- if anyone else feels that way, they can also use the tip I posted which shows how to change the size of the undertie:

Re: Lyrics ties

2006-09-19 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Michael Welsh Duggan wrote: Maurí­cio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I'm typesetting a voice/piano composition. Sometimes, the end of a word and the start of the next word are song in a single note. Lily just insert both below that note. Is it possible to connect those words using

Re: Lyrics ties

2006-09-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Han-Wen: Sounds like a good trick for the manual. IMO, the undertie is too big in the base font -- if anyone else feels that way, they can also use the tip I posted which shows how to change the size of the undertie: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-08/

Lyrics ties

2006-09-18 Thread Maurí­cio
Hi, I'm typesetting a voice/piano composition. Sometimes, the end of a word and the start of the next word are song in a single note. Lily just insert both below that note. Is it possible to connect those words using something similar to a tie between notes, to emphasize the fact that

Re: Lyrics ties

2006-09-18 Thread Michael Welsh Duggan
Maurí­cio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I'm typesetting a voice/piano composition. Sometimes, the end of a word and the start of the next word are song in a single note. Lily just insert both below that note. Is it possible to connect those words using something similar to a tie between

Re: Lyrics, ties, extenders and hyphens

2005-10-27 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I have now checked an authoritative book (Noter by Börje Tyboni, unfortunately only available in Swedish). It turns out that you can have extender lines also for tied over notes, not only for melismas. The rule is rather that you should only use an extender line if there is a wide space to the

Re: Lyrics, ties, extenders and hyphens

2005-10-27 Thread Neil Killeen
Mats many thanks for following that up. regards Neil From: Mats Bengtsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Neil Killeen [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Lyrics, ties, extenders and hyphens Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:17:52 +0200 I have now checked an authoritative book (Noter

Re: Lyrics, ties, extenders and hyphens

2005-10-25 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I don't have any book on music typesetting practice available in front of me right now, but will try some advanced guesses anyway. Neil Killeen wrote: Hi 1) what is the correct thing to do with a lyric and a tie ? Should one use an extender like with a melisma ? Thus a~ a Fish __

Lyrics, ties, extenders and hyphens

2005-10-24 Thread Neil Killeen
Hi 1) what is the correct thing to do with a lyric and a tie ? Should one use an extender like with a melisma ? Thus a~ a Fish __ Lilypond seems tolerant if I don't add the extender a~ a Fish 2) Also, I am finding extenders and hyphens get mixed up if I do extend ties.