2011/1/18 Phil Holmes <m...@philholmes.net>: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janek Warchoł" > <lemniskata.bernoull...@gmail.com> > To: "lilypond-user" <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:48 PM > Subject: how to add punctuation mark (or other things) at the end of > lyricextender? >> >> Hi all, >> i have a melisma at the end of a sentence, >> i'd like the dot to appear after the extender (like in the bottom of >> the attachment). > > Jan, > > According to the normal engraving manuals, the punctuation should be > attached to the lyric, not the extender. e.g. [quotations here]
Thanks, Phil, but I already knew that the recommended practice is to put punctuation before extender. Unfortunately i fail to see why it should be done this way - do the books that you quote provide any explanation? Besides, there is another situation in which it would be useful to attach something to the end of the extender line: to remind singer how he/she should end a very long melisma. Consider a coloratura that spans several measures and even crosses a page break. It would be nice to write the syllabe again under the last note (in parentheses of course) to aid the performer. cheers, Jan _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
