> On Nov 29, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Phil Holmes <m...@philholmes.net> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick or Cynthia Karl" <pck...@me.com> > To: <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 3:41 PM > Subject: Why does \skip extend an extender > > >> In the following snippet: >> >> music = \relative b' { >> c4 d e f >> f g a b >> c,1 >> } >> >> Lyrics = \lyricmode { >> c d e __ _ >> _ \skip 1 \skip 1 \skip 1 >> C >> } >> >> \score { >> \new Staff \music >> \addlyrics \Lyrics >> \layout { } >> } >> >> I want the three skips to skip past the notes "g a b". That is, I want the >> singing of “e” to terminate with the 2nd “f”. But for some reason the >> extender is extended through the notes “g a b”. How can I fix this? > > Clearly the extender continues since the expectation is that the singer has > to do something with these notes, and continuing to sing "e" is the only > option. If the extender ended on the 2nd f, I would have no idea what is > intended for the next 3 notes. It would be very confusing.
I guess I don’t really understand the thinking here. Does it not frequently happen that an instrument performer and a singer “play” the same notes, the performer on his instrument and the singer with his voice? And if that ever does happen, wouldn’t it be conceivable that there might come a time when the singer should be silent while the performer continues on with the notes? I just ran into this again this morning with the song by Anonymous, "Si de vos mi bien me aparto”, from Venice in the 1500s. The cantus part has a second verse in the first staff of the piece, then silence until the last staff of the piece, when the second verse reappears. Expectations aside, I have been unable to find documentation supporting this quirk of \skip. I don’t see why \skip has to take on the duties of “_” in extending an extender another note. > > However, if you want to do this, replace \skip with "". > > -- > Phil Holmes _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user