David,
At 10:18 AM 7/18/00 -0700, you wrote:
>I have typeset a few hymns, and can give you some samples when I get home.
>Alas, I haven't figured out an ideal way of doing it.
Thanks very much! I will share whatever I learn too.
>Separating the music from the words is a bit tricky. Hymnals generally
>don't tie together eighth notes, but instead use a bar to indicate eighth
>notes that are tied together. You can do this in mudela, but it makes the
>"automatic melisma" option not work properly (since they aren't tied).
>This means you have to either insert bogus empty syllables in the lyrics,
>or specify the rythm of the lyrics manually. Either way, you won't be able
>to simply paste the lyrics from one melody into another. :(
I see what you mean. I didn't know about automatic melisma, I will read
about it. Maybe we can request a feature for lily to use bars OR ties for
the melisma option. Or else maybe a kind of "invisible tie"? Otherwise, I
might be able to write a perl program to insert the empty syllables as
needed when the music and lyrics are combined.
>Hymnals generally are different from standard SATB harmony, and do seem to
>follow the above rules, although I'm not sure why. It may be because they
>have to fit more music and words into a smaller space, so they sacrifice a
>bit of clarity to make it more compact.
yes I agree, it is for compactness.
>My solution generally involves changing the voice context ......
That's a good suggestion, I will try to do it that way.
John Henckel alt. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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