Re: How to align second repeat verse against second voice
> 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. Yes, that's a great suggestion too and in fact I had already been considering that very modification. Thanks, Andy
Re: How to align second repeat verse against second voice
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
Re: How to align second repeat verse against second voice
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
Re: How to align second repeat verse against second voice
On 2024-02-24 4:04 pm, Andy Bradford wrote:
Hello,
I have a piece with two verses in a repeat. The second time
through
there is a slight alteration in one of the measures which
adds
additional notes. I've been able to accomplish this using a
temporary
voice, but I'm not sure if this is the best way as the words "ma -
mo
mu" end up shifted down another line. Here is the smallest section
that
I could provide, but I wonder if I can align the text better?
[ . . . ]
Each new Lyrics context will appear on its own line. This is sometimes
desirable, but if you need to keep lyrics on the same line, they will
have to share the same Lyrics context.
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:
<<
\new Voice = melody \relative {
| c'4 d
<<
\once \voiceOne e2
\new Voice = alt \magnifyMusic #0.618 {
\voiceTwo
e8 f e4
}
>>
| g1
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto melody { a i u o }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto melody {
% a i u e u o
% ↑ │ ↑ │ We switch voices one syllable earlier.
% └─┘ └─┘
a \set associatedVoice = alt
i u e \unset associatedVoice
u o
}
>>
-- Aaron Hill
