On Sat, 21 Sept 2024 at 10:20, Walt North <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, that took care of the alignment.
>
> However now I see an empty staff. Is it expected I would then have to
> remove all empty staves? I tried that but may not have it right
>
>
> \version "2.24.2"
>
> \language "english"
>
> \layout {
> indent = 0
> \context {
> \NullVoice
> \RemoveAllEmptyStaves
> }
> }
>
> verseLyricsMelody = \relative c' {
> c4 c c c~ | c c c c |
> }
>
> verseOneLyrics = \lyricmode {
> one two three four five six seven eight
> }
>
> \new Score {
> <<
> \new Voice = "verse" { \break \verseLyricsMelody }
> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "verse" { \verseOneLyrics }
> >>
> <<
> \new NullVoice = "verseB" { \break \verseLyricsMelody }
> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "verseB" { \verseOneLyrics }
>
> >>
>
>
>
> }
>
>
>
> On 9/20/2024 4:58 PM, Saul Tobin wrote:
>
> My understanding is that Devnull is not intended for alignment of lyrics
> because it does not have the necessary engraver to create the invisible
> grobs used for alignment. It appears to me in your example that actually
> the lyrics are just being spaced evenly without alignment to anything.
> Nullvoice is intended for your use case.
>
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 6:06 PM Walt North <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Am I missing something? It seems like using devnull to align lyrics to
>> does pay attention to ties. Ties do seem to be honored when using voice
>> for alignment.
>>
>> Below is a stripped down example with screenshot.
>>
>> \version "2.24.2"
>>
>> \language "english"
>>
>> \layout {
>> indent = 0
>> }
>>
>> verseLyricsMelody = \relative c' {
>> c4 c c c~ | c c c c |
>> }
>>
>> verseOneLyrics = \lyricmode {
>> one two three four five six seven eight
>> }
>>
>> \new Score {
>> <<
>> \new Voice = "verse" { \break \verseLyricsMelody }
>> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "verse" { \verseOneLyrics }
>> >>
>> <<
>> \new Devnull = "verseB" { \break \verseLyricsMelody }
>> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "verseB" { \verseOneLyrics }
>> >>
>> }
>>
>>
>>
A good rule of thumb is when in doubt, explicitly instantiate Staves:
\version "2.24.2"
\language "english"
\layout {
indent = 0
}
verseLyricsMelody = \relative c' {
c4 c c c~ | c c c c |
}
verseOneLyrics = \lyricmode {
one two three four five six seven eight
}
\new Score {
\new Staff
<<
\new Voice = "verse" { \break \verseLyricsMelody }
\new NullVoice = "verseB" { \break \verseLyricsMelody }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "verse" { \verseOneLyrics }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "verseB" { \verseOneLyrics }
>>
}
Vaughan
