Hi Craig,
Craig Dabelstein wrote
> No matter what I try, the lyrics are all ending up stacked below the
> bottom staff, rather than under
> each individual staff.
Try alignBelowContext:
% ---
\version "2.19.36"
\language "english"
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On 10/04/15 23:46, William Marchant wrote:
Abraham,
You are right. First I had to discover what a melisma was. Now I know. At
the beginning of the learning curve, I have a lot to learn. I think the LSR
is a place for a lot of study. Thanks.
Bill
Thank you guys.
These tricks work for
The vertical alignment of text scripts is calculated based on the
distance from the note head or the stave (whichever is closest to
the text script). Maybe one trick to keep the different text
scripts vertically aligned is to attach them to spacing notes in
a separate Voice context:
{ d4 cs } \new
Carl,
For just a few measures of differing lyrics, I've used the
\fatText tag. It is not elegant,
but seems much easier than the extra lyric section. Here's an
example from an arrangement
of Winter Wonderland (And pretend that he is Parson Brown) where
the bass part sings
Brown, Oh, Parson
On Friday 09 January 2004 22.12, Carl Youngblood wrote:
I'm doing a choral piece that has the same lyrics for all parts for
almost all of it, except for a few measures where there is a split.
What is the best way to put lyrics on the notes that are split? Is
there an easier way than putting
