Hi Phil, thank you for your speedy response! Yup, that works, and does what I want it to (or rather, what the client wants).
Cheers, A On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Phil Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > No. Again, this is explained in the NR, but here's a small example of how > this can be done: > > \new Staff = "Song" > << > \new Voice = "xLyricsStaff" { > \voiceOne c''4 c''4 c''4 c''4 | % 1 > s1*4/4 | % 2 > b'4 b'4 b'4 b'4 | % 3 > s1*4/4 > } > \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = Song } \lyricsto "xLyricsStaff" > { Voice one sings now And more voice one } > \new Voice = "xLyricsStaff-1" { > s1*4/4 | % 1 > f'4 f'4 f'4 f'4 | % 2 > s1*4/4 | % 3 > g'4 g'4 g'4 g'4 > } > \new Lyrics \lyricsto "xLyricsStaff-1" { Voice two sings now And more > voice two } > >> > > -- > Phil Holmes > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* N. Andrew Walsh <[email protected]> > *To:* Phil Holmes <[email protected]> > *Cc:* lilypond-user <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, September 07, 2017 11:46 AM > *Subject:* Re: Lyrics above/below on the fly > > Hi Phil, Michael, List, > > I like Phil's suggestion, as it also separates the voices for later, > should my client get wise that this is, in all honesty, bad notation that > he's asking for. > > I'll give it a shot and see what I can do. Will that automatically place > the lyrics on different sides of the staff? > > Cheers, > > A > > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Phil Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Why not just use two voices on the single staff, with separate lyrics to >> each voice, and spacer rests where the voice isn't singing? >> >> -- >> Phil Holmes >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* N. Andrew Walsh <[email protected]> >> *To:* lilypond-user <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 07, 2017 9:58 AM >> *Subject:* Lyrics above/below on the fly >> >> Hi List, >> >> I'm working on a project where the composer wants both singing voices on >> the same staff (it's a call-and-response thing), but such that whenever >> "voice 1" is singing, stems and lyrics are down, and whenever "voice 2" is >> singing, they're up. >> >> I can switch stem direction with \stemUp and \stemDown, and I can use >> \set Staff.instrumentName to change the name as well. But is there some >> command to change the lyrics' vertical placement so-to-speak on the fly? >> With a single voice? Usince \set Lyrics.alignAboveContext = "staff" doesn't >> seem to work. >> >> Or is there some smarter way to do this, maybe using partcombine or >> something? >> >> Thanks for the help! >> >> A >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> >> >
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