Should have known this would be in the manual.  Thanks. 

✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️
Fr. Samuel, OSB
(R. Padraic Springuel)
St. Anselm’s Abbey 
4501 South Dakota Ave, NE
Washington, DC, 20017
202-269-2300
(c) 202-853-7036

PAX ☧ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ

> On Nov 21, 2020, at 12:00 PM, Xavier Scheuer <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 at 17:45, Fr. Samuel Springuel <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> >
> > How can I apply italics to part of a syllable in the lyrics context?  When 
> > I use the method I usually use to apply italics, it automatically creates a 
> > new syllable:
> >
> > #(ly:set-option 'relative-includes #t)
> > \version "2.20.0"
> >
> > \new Staff
> > <<
> >     \new Voice = "mel" { c' c' }
> >     \new Lyrics \lyricsto "mel" { \lyricmode { hat\override 
> > Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape = #'italic (s) \revert 
> > Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape show } }
> > >>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> As the doc says: "Markup mode may be used to format individual syllables in 
> lyrics".
> NR 2.1.1 Common notation for vocal music > Entering lyrics
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-vocal-music.html#entering-lyrics
> 
> Hence you can use \concat and \italic.
> \markup { \concat { hat \italic (s) } } show
> 
> Cheers,
> Xavier
> 
> -- 
> Xavier Scheuer <[email protected]>
> 

Reply via email to