Hello Kira, if you use "on –" then you are treating this as one syllable. So this way Lilypond won't align the – under the tied note, if that is still intended.
Cheers, Valentin 15.09.2021 00:43:35 Kira Garvie <[email protected]>: > Actually, I had quite a few spelling errors, I am sorry! Verse two is > supposed to be arouse, so that is also a dash. Carl was right, the correct > term was a dash not a hyphen, and putting it in quotes with on: “on – ” > worked perfectly, and it looks great! Sorry for the mistakes, and thank you > for the help! > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 6:34 PM David Wright <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Tue 14 Sep 2021 at 18:05:17 (-0400), Kira Garvie wrote: >>> Okay, I tried that, but it bumps the lyrics all over one. In the original >>> page scan, which I am following, the hyphen falls right under the tied d >>> 8th note. How do I override the tie to get the hyphen there? >> >> You don't want a hyphen there, you need a lyric extender: "__" >> (without my quotes). You put one in the second verse, >> precisely underneath. >> >> You probably want to replace the extender in the second verse >> with a hyphen: "--" because I presume the word is onerous >> (e, not a). >> >> Note that LP's intraword hyphens don't aim to line up with anything >> musical, because that isn't the convention. >> >> Cheers, >> David. >>
