On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 6:06 PM Carl Sorensen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > *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 > > > > > Hi. > > I'm hoping someone can help me figure out how to notate this. > > 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. > > 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: > > melody = \relative c'' { > c1 << { \voiceOne d } { b1 } >> | \oneVoice e1 | > } > > > > > > > I know that this is not what you asked for, because you want the harmony > stems to go up. > > > > 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. > > > > \version "2.19.80" > > > > words = \lyricmode { > > One, two and three four > > } > > > > melody = \relative c'' { > > \time 3/4 > > g2.^"Use partcombine and NullVoice" | g8 a f2 ~ | 2. | e2. \bar "|." > > } > > > > harmony = \relative c'{ > > \time 3/4 > > s2. | > > <d b>2. ~ | 2. > > } > > > > > > combined = \partcombine \melody \harmony > > > > > > > > > > > > \book { > > \header { title = "Use partcombine and NullVoice" } > > \score { > > << > > \new Staff = "upper" \with { > > printPartCombineTexts = ##f > > }<< > > \new Voice = "lead" { > > \combined > > } > > \new NullVoice = "synch" { > > \melody > > } > > >> > > > > \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = "staff" } { > > \lyricsto "synch" { \words } > > } > > >> > > \layout { > > } > > } > > } > > > > > > > > Carl > > > 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*" [email protected] Producer ~ Composer ~ Instrumentalist ~ Educator -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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