I am having difficulty layout satisfactorily a song that has 3 verses and a refrain. The refrain comes on a separate line from the verses. It looks unsightly, and wastes space on the page. Neither NR nor LM seem to address this case.
I attach my MWE. But here is the .ly:
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\version "2.24.3"
melody = { \relative c'
\repeat volta 3 { a b c d e f g a }
}
verseA = \lyricmode { This is verse one }
verseB = \lyricmode { This is verse two }
verseC = \lyricmode { This is verse three }
chorusWords = \lyricmode { This is the chorus }
\score {
\new Staff {
\melody
\addlyrics {
\repeat volta 3 {
<<
\new Lyrics \verseA
\new Lyrics \verseB
\new Lyrics \verseC
>>
\new Lyrics \chorusWords
}
}
}
\layout { }
}
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An alternative to the already proposed solutions is to name the Lyrics context that you want to keep, and then reuse it for the refrain:
\version "2.24.3"
melody = { \relative c'
\repeat volta 3 { a b c d e f g a }
}
verseA = \lyricmode { This is verse one }
verseB = \lyricmode { This is verse two }
verseC = \lyricmode { This is verse three }
chorusWords = \lyricmode { This is the chorus }
\score {
\new Staff {
\melody
\addlyrics {
\repeat volta 3 {
<<
\new Lyrics = mainlyrics \verseA
\new Lyrics \verseB
\new Lyrics \verseC
>>
\context Lyrics = mainlyrics \chorusWords
}
}
}
\layout { }
}
/Mats
