Hi all, I'm currently using this workaround to lengthen the extender lines for a final syllable that only has one note, but I've run into the problem that any dots on invisible notes (to extend their length) remain visible. Is there a way to hide the dot as well as the notehead?
Regards, Brent. On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 at 22:33, Jakob Pedersen <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you very much for this! > > I've never fiddled with \scaleDuration but that's an easy hack, and I > only need to use it 10-12 places in the score in total, so not a lot of > work :) > > Best wishes, > Jakob > > On 05.02.2024 23.56, Hans Aikema wrote: > > > > On 5 Feb 2024, at 20:29, Jakob Pedersen via LilyPond user discussion > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I've been trying to replicate a score from CPDL. > > <original.png> > > The font is terrible, the notes are weirdly shaped. I really don't like > it. I wonder what software made it. Also, why two hyphens in that short a > space? > > (I'm wondering which software was used to make it in the first place.) > > I've produced this so far: > > <mwe.png> > > I've used a variable with \set Staff.measureBarType = "-span|" to do the > *mensurstriche* at appropriate places. > > MWE is at the bottom of this email. > > I wonder about the lyrics extenders, though. My questions are: > > 1) I assume extending an extender already there is fairly easy, although I > don't know how. I tried the lyrics.extender property, but I'm not sure how > to use it correctly. I was thinking it might be possible to have all three > lyrics extender lines end at the same point near the bar line like in the > original. > 2) Is it possible to add a lyrics extender line to lyrics like the O > attached to the breve in the top line, even if it isn't actually a melisma? > And if so, is it possible to force to extend as far as the other three > lyrics extender lines re my first question. > > > Jakob, > > You can trick lilypond into extending the extender to (almost) > end-of-measure by adding a (hidden) extra note towards the end of the > measure. Using \scaleDurations you make that the total length of the > shown+hidden music still fit within the measure. > You’ll need to add the additional extender in the lyrics as well, as the > hidden note is still accounted for in the note-to-lyric binding: > > \version "2.25.12" > > global = { > \key d \major > \time 2/2 > } > > BarOn = { \set Staff.measureBarType = "-span|" } > BarOff = { \set Staff.measureBarType = "|" } > > \score { << > \new StaffGroup << > \new Staff \relative c' { \global \BarOn \scaleDurations 2047/2048 > b'\breve \hide \scaleDurations 1/2048 b\breve \BarOff cis1 | b } > \addlyrics { O __ _ sa -- crum, } > > \new Staff \relative c' { \global \BarOn e2 g2. fis8 e \BarOff fis4 > \scaleDurations 255/256 g \hide \scaleDurations 1/1024 g1 | a1 g } > \addlyrics { O __ _ _ _ _ _ _ sa -- crum, } > > \new Staff \relative c' { \global \clef "treble_8" \BarOn b2 e2. d8 > \BarOff cis \scaleDurations 511/512 d2 \hide \scaleDurations 1/1024 d1 | e1 e > } > \addlyrics { O __ _ _ _ _ _ sa -- crum, } > > \new Staff \relative c { \global \clef bass e1 \scaleDurations 1023/1024 > b' \hide \scaleDurations 1/1024 b | a e } > \addlyrics { O __ _ _ sa -- crum, } > >> > >> > > } > > > > > >
