>>>>> "Maury" == Maury Merkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Maury> I have found that my problem with lining up the lyrics is always in the
Maury> case of tied notes. So that if I have a word "ride" which is to be sung
Maury> on a g-sharp eighth note and then held for an additional half note (in ly
Maury> notation: | b8 gis' ~ gis2 | ) the lyric is never made to hold for the
Maury> duration but, rather, the word "long" is properly shown as sung on the b
Maury> eighth note and "ride" is properly shown as sung on the g-sharp eighth
Maury> note but then the next word is shown as sung on the g-sharp half note.
Maury> UGH!!!
Maury> As a kludge I have "syllablized" ride to "ri- de" and that lines up
Maury> everything in an ugly sort of "proper" way.
Maury> Ain't there a better way to do this?
Yes. Put an underscore after ride: "ride _"
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