Hi Andy,
Aaron has already answered your question, but I'd like to suggest one more
adjustment. Reading the rhythm would be easier if you replaced two of the
dotted quarter notes with an eighth note tied to the following quarter note.
Here is the modified code:
\version "2.18.2"
\paper {
#(set-paper-size "letter")
}
\score {
<<
\new ChoirStaff {
<<
\new Staff {
<<
\key c \major
\time 4/4
\new Voice = "first" {
\relative c' {
\partial 4
c8 c
\repeat volta 2 {
a b8~ b4 r4 a8 c
<< % maybe there is a better way?
{ \voiceOne c4. d8 d8. }
\new Voice = "second" {
\voiceTwo \tiny c4 c8 d8 \normalsize }
>> \oneVoice e16 f8 c
a c4 c8~ c4 d8 e
}
\alternative {
{ f4 r2 c8 c }
{ f2( d4) c8 c }
}
f1 \bar "|."
}
}
>>
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "first" {
lo lo |
la -- la la -- la |
la, la la la la la --
la la. la la la |
lu mo mo
mo __ mi me
ru
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "first" {
\repeat unfold 2 { \skip 1 }
mo -- mu. mi me |
\repeat unfold 2 { \skip 1 } ma ma mi me |
mu -- mo. ma mi -- mi
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "second" {
ma -- mo mu % this ends up shifted down below the second verse
}
>>
}
>>
\layout {
\context {
\Score
proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/8)
}
}
}
Best,
Jiri
On 25. 02. 24 16:24, Andy Bradford wrote:
Thus said Aaron Hill on Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:51:44 -0800:
Probably the easiest the option is to \set associatedVoice to
temporarily align your lyrics to the alternate notes. The important
quirk of associatedVoice is that you must make the change a syllable
ahead of when you need it:
I see, yes, this works quite well, thank you. It also cleans up some
other tricks I had employed to try to get the text aligned (specifically
I had some manual \break and also extended the voice longer than it
needed to be).
Thanks,
Andy
