> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernd Schandl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, 24 July 2000 2:23
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> Subject: Questions when setting lyrics
>
>
>
> I am setting a few songs with lyrics and have a few questions.
>
> - Often the lyrics of the first verse is printed as "1. Text of first
> verse ..." where "1." (obviously) does not correspond to a note. How
> do I set the "1."?
With the version you are working with, there is only a kludgy way of fixing
this. What you must do is either:
a) Combine the stanza number with the first lyric:
"1. Text"4 of4 first8 verse8 ...
or
b) Use a spacer note at the beginning of your piece:
<
\notes { s4 c'4 c'4 d8 e8 }
\lyrics { "1."4 Text4 of4 first8 verse8 }
>
BUT this won't work if you are using \addlyrics, since this will not set
lyrics to a spacer note,
AND this will cause problems with your barline positioning unless your piece
begins with an anacrucis. To address this, you can introduce a second kludge
and fake the duration of the first real note:
<
\notes { s8 c'4*1/2 c'4 d8 e8 }
\lyrics { "1."8 Text8 of4 first8 verse8 }
>
None of which works perfectly.
This is something I have just recently (Saturday) addressed and sent a patch
in. If the patch is accepted it will be included in 1.3.75, however this is
holiday time for our two main developers: Han-Wen has just left, and Jan has
just got back, so it might be a little while before the next release. The
idea is that you can set \property LyricVoice . stanza = "1." and it will
generate a stanza number to the left of the lyrics.
>
> - Probably along the same lines: I have a word to be set in
> the middle of
> the lyrics indicating that the verse ends and the refrain starts,
> something like "Ref.". Again, this does not correspond to a note and
> should be a syllable of duration 0. How do I set this? As
> an alternative,
> is it possible to set the "Ref." above the staff?
I'd recommend setting it above the staff. On the first note of your refrain,
enter: g'4^"Ref."
> - I have two lines of lyrics under the staff. How do I change
> the line
> space between the two?
Try \property LyricVoiceMinimumVerticalExtent = #(-2.0 2.0) ... but I don't
know if this is the right syntax for anything earlier than 1.3; I suspect
not.
> - I want both lines of lyrics to use the same rhythm as the
> melody. How
> do I do this? I know that I can use \addlyrics for a melody and one
> line of lyrics, but how does it work for two?
\addlyrics { \melody } { < \stanzaOne \stanzaTwo > } should do the trick.
> - If I only have two lines of lyrics for a part of the song,
> how do I set
> this? Do I just use two lines and work with a lot of rests of the
> form " " in the second line?
You can use \skip in lyrics. It will give a warning, but will work anyway.
>
> I am using Lilypond 1.2.17.
>
1.3 offers many more features that 1.2, and although not officially "stable"
is generally usable. Try it.
> Thanks for the help
> Bernd
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