Hi Paul,
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 3:52 AM Paul Hodges <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the middle lyric, the first word is justified because the following
> skip (_ in this case) defines a melisma. But I actually simply want there
> to be no immediately following word - this arises with multiple verses and
> alternatives in the repeat structure, for example. I thought a quoted
> space would count as a word, but no...
>
> In the end I have done it above by a rather unnatural circumlocution, but
> is there a more natural solution which I've missed?
>
Sure. Just use a skip. Like so:
\version "2.25.10"
wordsA = \lyricmode { centred centred centred }
wordsB = \lyricmode { centered \skip 1 centred }
\score {
\new Staff <<
\new Voice = "vvv" { r2 c'2 g'2 c''2 }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "vvv" \wordsA
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "vvv" \wordsB
>>
}
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One thing to keep in mind - \skip when used in lyrics goes by notes, not
beats. So \skip 1 will skip one note, not an entire 4 beats. If you want to
skip multiple notes in one go (such as dealing with alternate endings with
multiple verses) something like:
\repeat unfold 15 { \skip 1}
comes in handy. A bit more on using \skip can be seen here:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/lyrics-and-repeats#index-_005cskip-1
and here:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/invisible-rests#index-_005cskip
--
Michael
