. So now I can add my 2 cents:
I also find it more difficult to read the lyrics when the music is beamed
across syllables as opposed to being separated. That issue might be
compounded by the input user's choice of a font, etc. For example, the
musician who puts some music together for us monks
Hi Eby,
Clearly the first example without the beaming is easy to read. When you
look close, words are too close in the beamed example.
The spacing is the problem, not the beaming.
Kieren.
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Hi Father Michael,
the musician who puts some music together for us monks uses beams across
syllables and words ...
Exactly — this is one of the main reasons the standard is now to beam according
to beat. There are too many situations where the lyrics in different verses of
the same music
On Nov 21 AD 2012, at 8:18 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
Hi Father Michael,
Hi Kieren!
There are too many situations where the lyrics in different verses
of the same music have different syllabic structure.
At the risk of dragging this out --- I'm very grateful for all the
input ---
Hi Father Michael,
Since no one can look at both simultaneously (unless someone's eyes move
independently of each other) there will be a preference for one or the other
depending on one's chief focus.
My sympathy will be to have the lyrics more readable.
So you're going to write out the
) but at the lyrics.
Here's a conjecture: maybe music used to be engraved by focusing on
the lyrics because music engravers were mostly typographers and not
musicians. Today, however, musicians can engrave their own music and
emphasize what works best from the perspective of music and not the
lyrics
Hi everybody:Here's a general question that's bothered me for some time ... because I'm not a musician or composer ---when setting lyrics to music, is it ever acceptable to join eighth notes across syllables or even across words? Here are a couple examples:I have been told by a reliable expert (hi
bothered me for some time ... because I'm
not a musician or composer ---
when setting lyrics to music, is it ever acceptable to join eighth notes
across syllables or even across words? Here are a couple examples:
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I have been told by a reliable expert (hi
On 20/11/2012 16:25, Fr. Michael Gilmary, mma wrote:
Hi everybody:
Here's a general question that's bothered me for some time ... because
I'm not a musician or composer ---
when setting lyrics to music, is it ever acceptable to join eighth
notes across syllables or even across words?
I
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From: Reinhold Kainhofer
To: Fr. Michael Gilmary, mma
Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: lyrics to music
On 20/11/2012 16:25, Fr. Michael Gilmary, mma wrote:
Hi everybody:
Here's a general question that's bothered me
Phil Holmes m...@philholmes.net writes:
Even that's not the whole story. My edition of Handel's Messiah
(Watkins Shaw) - music of the 18th century - has lots of beamed notes,
where each note (despite the bean) has its own syllable.
Well, that is the style of the edition. Unless it is an
Hi!
when setting lyrics to music, is it ever acceptable to join eighth notes
across syllables or even across words?
As both singer and conductor, I can say without qualification that it is better
to join the beams (i.e., beam according to the beat structure, like every other
instrument
- Original Message -
From: Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca
To: Fr. Michael Gilmary, mma frmichaelgilm...@maronitemonks.org
Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: lyrics to music
Hi!
when setting lyrics to music, is it ever
: I also find it more difficult to read the lyrics when the
music is beamed across syllables as opposed to being separated. That
issue might be compounded by the input user's choice of a font, etc.
For example, the musician who puts some music together for us monks
uses beams across
2.13.44
bla = #
(define-music-function (parser location lyrics) (ly:music?)
(music-map
(lambda (m)
(if (equal? (ly:music-property m 'name) 'LyricEvent)
(ly:music-set-property! m 'text (string-append BLA
(ly:music-property
m 'text
m) lyrics))
text = \lyricmode {
hi
How to define (music) functinns, where is possible pass lyrics as parameter?
I want to create an abstract template for adding lyrics with specific
formatting.
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Hello
In a music I am transcribing there is a portion where I had to force two
voices with
{ ... } \\ { ... }
Now my problem is that lyrics in that part of the music are not shown.
Is there any tweak to solve this issue?
Thank you
Alberto
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El 27.02.2009, a las 22:38, Alberto Simões escribió:
Hello
In a music I am transcribing there is a portion where I had to
force two
voices with
{ ... } \\ { ... }
Now my problem is that lyrics in that part of the music are not shown.
Is there any tweak to solve this issue?
Thank
Hello
James E. Bailey wrote:
El 27.02.2009, a las 22:38, Alberto Simões escribió:
Hello
In a music I am transcribing there is a portion where I had to force two
voices with
{ ... } \\ { ... }
Now my problem is that lyrics in that part of the music are not shown.
Is there any
El 27.02.2009, a las 22:53, Alberto Simões escribió:
Hello
James E. Bailey wrote:
El 27.02.2009, a las 22:38, Alberto Simões escribió:
Hello
In a music I am transcribing there is a portion where I had to
force two
voices with
{ ... } \\ { ... }
Now my problem is that lyrics in
Staff.NoteColumn #'ignore-collision = ##t for a chord or
two). Perhaps someone has a more elegant solution?
David
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On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 02:24:27 +0200
Atte Andr Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stupid question: how to I get the lyrics to appear *over* the music and
not *under*?
You're right -- it _is_ a stupid question. (to everybody else: Atte is a
friend, so I feel entitled to say this. I wouldn't answer
Stupid question: how to I get the lyrics to appear *over* the music and
not *under*?
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peace, love harmony
Atte
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