Thank you so much for your help, Xavier, Karl, Kieren, and Harm! I have
what I need now: long fermatas over individual words within my lyrics.
Another, similar, engraving issue has come up. Is there a way to put
brackets on words?
In my choir, we like to put brackets on certain two-syllable words in
chants to indicate a rhythmic grouping of two (to be executed something
like “a pair of quavers or eighth notes” if we were singing metered music).
And on trisyllables we put brackets to indicate an execution something like
“a triplet” (a rhythmic group of three).
Here’s a screenshot showing what I mean:
[image: image.png]
Is it possible to engrave these brackets in LilyPond?
A minimal version of the code is below.
Many, many thanks again.
Gabriel
\version "2.24.4"
\layout {
\context {
\Score
\omit Staff.TimeSignature
\cadenzaOn
}
}
global = {
\key bes \major
}
soprano = \relative c'' {
\global
bes1\f c2 d4 ees1 \bar"|" c1 d2 bes4 a2 bes4 c1 \bar"||"
}
alto = \relative c' {
f1 f2 f4 ees1 f1 f2 f4 ees2 d4 f1
}
tenor = \relative c' {
\global
d1 c2 bes4 bes1 c1 bes2 bes4 c2 f,8( g8) a1
}
bass = \relative c {
bes'1 a2 bes4 g1 a1 bes2 d,4 c2 bes4 f'1
}
verse = \lyricmode {
"The heavens declare the" glory of God;
"and the" firma -- ment
sheweth his handy-work.
}
\score {
\new ChoirStaff <<
\new Staff \with {
} <<
\new Voice = "soprano" { \voiceOne \soprano }
\new Voice = "alto" { \voiceTwo \alto }
>>
\new Lyrics \with {
} \lyricsto "soprano" \verse
\new Staff \with {
} <<
\clef bass
\new Voice = "tenor" { \voiceOne \tenor }
\new Voice = "bass" { \voiceTwo \bass }
>>
>>
\layout { }
}
On Thu, 23 Oct 2025 at 07:25, Thomas Morley <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Am Do., 23. Okt. 2025 um 13:02 Uhr schrieb Kieren MacMillan
> <[email protected]>:
>
