On 1/2/24 22:18, John Helly wrote:
That worked in terms of alignment. I still wonder if it's written
incorrectly. Seems like there should be notes on the 'but' and 'and'
when I listen to the recording. Not sure.
Brothers In Arms, Mark Knopfler.
It’s a kind of shorthand. As Kieren said, you can’t sing a word on a
rest — if you’re singing, you’re not resting. But in pop/folk/trad
notation, when the melody is repeated with different words, one often
takes shortcuts in the notation.
In this case, I would either put a small parenthesized note above the
rest and \skip it in the verse that doesn’t sing that note, or shoehorn
multiple syllables into the first note on the verses that do, and trust
the singer to just figure it out. I’ve taken both approaches, depending
on the melody and th3e expected audience.
~Chris
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