Hi all,
I expect this has been solved somewhere, but I can't find it. The
documentation is good at explaining how to do something in isolation, but
not so good at explaining how to do something in the middle of a different
structure, such as a choir staff.
Anyway, I have a choir staff to which I want to add an extra staff for the
Soprano I voices. I want the staff to appear at measure 27 and continue
until measure 41 and then stop. I want the extra staff to contain both
music and lyrics.
I was able to get the staff and music to work fairly well using a structure
suggested in a previous discussion on ossia staves. How can I get lyrics to
go with it? The structure follows. Sorry it's so long: I'm not sure where
all the commands need to be placed. If there's a more elegant solution, I'm
all in favor of it, even if it means restructuring the whole piece:
\version "2.18.2"
\header { }
global = {
\key d \major
\time 4/4
\tempo 4=69
\set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-alphabet }
sopI = \relative c'' {
\global
\dynamicUp
* Notes and rests.*
}
ossia = \relative c’’ { \stopStaff s1*25 \startStaff
*Notes and rests for auxiliary staff *
\stopStaff
}
verseSopranoVoice = \lyricmode { *Lyrics here*. }
olyrics = \lyricmode { *Auxiliary lyrics here.* }
altoVoice = *same setup as sopI*
verseAltoVoice = *same setup as sopI*
tenorVoice = *same setup as sopI*
verseTenorVoice = *same setup as sopI*
bassVoice = *same setup as sopI*
verseBassVoice = *same setup as sopI*
sopranoVoicePart = <<
\context Staff = “top” \with {
instrumentName = "Sopranos"
shortInstrumentName = \markup \center-column { "S1" "S2" }
midiInstrument = "choir aahs"
} { \new Voice = “1” \sopI }
<<
\lyrics {
\new Lyrics \lyricsto “1” \verseSopranoVoice }
\new Staff \with {
alignAbove Context = #”top”
\remove “Time_signature_engraver”
\override Clef #’transparent = ##t
} { \ossia }
>>
}
>>
altoVoicePart = \new Staff \with {
instrumentName = “Altos”
shortInstrumentName \ \markup \center-column { “A1” “A2” }
midiInstrument = “choir aahs”
} { \altoVoice }
\addlyrics { \verseAltoVoice }
tenorVoicePart = *same setup as altoVoicePart*
bassVoicePart = *same setup as altoVoicePart*
\score {
<<
\sopranoVoicePart
\altoVoicePart
\tenorVoicePart
\bassVoicePart
>>
\layout { }
\midi { }
}
Thanks,
Jerry Starks
