On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 6:06 PM Carl Sorensen <[email protected]> wrote:

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> *From: *Flaming Hakama by Elaine <[email protected]>
> *Date: *Sunday, September 29, 2019 at 9:41 PM
> *To: *Lilypond-User Mailing List <[email protected]>
> *Subject: *Lyrics in polyphony with ties in second voice
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> Hi.
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> I'm hoping someone can help me figure out how to notate this.
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> I am creating a lead sheet that has vocal line with lyrics.  Some sections
> have just the melody, and other sections have harmonies under the melody.
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> In general, I have been having success using this pattern for going into
> and out of polyphony, while keeping the lyrics associated with the melody:
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> melody = \relative c'' {
>     c1 << { \voiceOne d } { b1 } >> | \oneVoice e1 |
> }
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> I know that this is not what you asked for, because you want the harmony
> stems to go up.
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> But this is the way I set it; I think it’s clearer, because it points out
> the fact that the tied notes need to be handled differently from the melody
> notes.
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> \version "2.19.80"
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> words = \lyricmode {
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>     One, two and three four
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> }
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> melody = \relative c'' {
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>     \time 3/4
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>     g2.^"Use partcombine and NullVoice" | g8 a f2 ~ | 2. | e2. \bar "|."
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> }
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> harmony =  \relative c'{
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>     \time 3/4
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>     s2. |
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>     <d b>2. ~ | 2.
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> }
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> combined = \partcombine \melody \harmony
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> \book {
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>     \header { title = "Use partcombine and NullVoice" }
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>     \score {
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>         <<
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>             \new Staff = "upper" \with {
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>               printPartCombineTexts = ##f
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>             }<<
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>                 \new Voice = "lead" {
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>                     \combined
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>                 }
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>                 \new NullVoice = "synch" {
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>                   \melody
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>                 }
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>             >>
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>                \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = "staff" } {
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>                    \lyricsto "synch" { \words }
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>             }
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>         >>
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>         \layout {
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>         }
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>     }
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> }
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> Carl
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Thanks for all the approaches and opinions.

Semantically, I am inclined towards this approach with using a null voice
for the melody, while printing the partcombined voices.

In the end, the only way I was able to get what I want (with the stems
combined) required using and tweaking LVs.



Thanks,

Elaine Alt
415 . 341 .4954                                           "*Confusion is
highly underrated*"
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Producer ~ Composer ~ Instrumentalist ~ Educator
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