Hi all,
I’m using 2.18.2.
The following code compiles with no issue and correctly places the
lyrics below the notes:
```
melody_a = { r2 a8 b8 r4 | r2 a8 b8 r4 }
lyrics_a = \lyricmode { one two three four }
\score {
<<
\new Voice = "melody" \relative c'' \melody_a
\new Lyrics \lyricsto melody \lyrics_a
>>
\layout { }
}
```
However, I prefer to write lines in parallel, as follows:
```
\parallelMusic #'(melody_b lyrics_b) {
% Bar 1
r2 a8 b8 r4 |
\lyricmode { one two } |
% Bar 2
r2 a8 b8 r4 |
\lyricmode { three four } |
}
\score {
<<
\new Voice = "melody" \relative c'' \melody_b
\new Lyrics \lyricsto melody \lyrics_b
>>
}
```
This typesets correctly, but lilypond complains that the bars in the
parallel music don't have the same length, and issues a barcheck-failure
warning. My understanding is that this parallel line is basically
equivalent to defining `lyrics_b` as
```
lyrics_b = { \lyricmode { one two } | \lyricmode { three four } }
```
and indeed, if we create a non-parallel version with the lyrics defined
like this, lilypond also complains:
```
melody_c = { r2 a8 b8 r4 | r2 a8 b8 r4 }
lyrics_c = { \lyricmode { one two } | \lyricmode { three four } }
\score {
<<
\new Voice = "melody" \relative c'' \melody_c
\new Lyrics \lyricsto melody \lyrics_c
>>
\layout { }
}
```
Now, although `lyrics_c` is a silly way to write a lyric line,
`lyrics_b` seems reasonable to me. Is there a better way to define a
lyric line in a `parallelMusic` definition so that lilypond doesn’t
complain? And if not, is there a way to suppress these barcheck failure
warnings?
I’ve attached a small example that contains these three ways of
defining a lyric line.
I’d appreciate any advice here!
Best,
Galen
%{
When compiling this example, lilypond emits barcheck-failure warnings
for the lyrics_b and lyrics_c lines.
%}
\language "english"
melody_a = { r2 a8 b8 r4 | r2 a8 b8 r4 }
lyrics_a = \lyricmode { one two three four }
\score {
<<
\new Voice = "melody" \relative c'' \melody_a
\new Lyrics \lyricsto melody \lyrics_a
>>
\layout { }
}
\parallelMusic #'(melody_b lyrics_b) {
% Bar 1
r2 a8 b8 r4 |
\lyricmode { one two } |
% Bar 2
r2 a8 b8 r4 |
\lyricmode { three four } |
}
\score {
<<
\new Voice = "melody" \relative c'' \melody_b
\new Lyrics \lyricsto melody \lyrics_b
>>
}
melody_c = { r2 a8 b8 r4 | r2 a8 b8 r4 }
lyrics_c = { \lyricmode { one two } | \lyricmode { three four } }
\score {
<<
\new Voice = "melody" \relative c'' \melody_c
\new Lyrics \lyricsto melody \lyrics_c
>>
\layout { }
}
\version "2.18.2"
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