I think the easiest way is just to "recall" the first lyric line by using the
\context command:
\version "2.14.2"
<<
\new Staff <<
\new Voice = "a" { f'4 g' r2 | s1 }
\new Voice = "b" { s1 | a'2 g' }
>>
\new Lyrics = "LineOne" \lyricsto "a" \lyricmode { may -- be }
\context Lyrics = "LineOne" \lyricsto "b" \lyricmode { that the }
>>
Greetings,
Heinz
Reedmace Star wrote:
>
> Dear Lilypond users,
>
> I am typesetting a musical-theater style song, with the parts of several
> singers appearing on the same staff.
>
> For unrelated reasons, I want to use a separate Voice context for each
> singer, even though the melodies usually don't overlap. The lyrics are
> defined separately for each voice, too.
>
> Here is a simplified example of what I'm doing:
>
>
> \version "2.14.2"
>
> <<
> \new Staff <<
> \new Voice = "a" { f'4 g' r2 | s1 }
> \new Voice = "b" { s1 | a'2 g' }
> >>
> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "a" \lyricmode { may -- be }
> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "b" \lyricmode { that the }
>>>
>
>
> Now, the lyrics to "a" and "b" appear on separate lines, like this:
>
> maybe
> that the
>
> Instead, I would like to see them combined on one line whereever
> possible, like this:
>
> maybe that the
>
> Lilypond 2.12.3 did this by default. Is there a way to achieve it in
> newer versions?
>
>
> As mentioned before, the melodies usually don't overlap, so it would
> probably be sufficient to overlay both Lyrics contexts in the same
> vertical space. I naively attempted to do this by putting both into a
> StaffGroup and then setting their Y-extents to zero, but this had no
> effect; neither had various experiments with the staff-staff-spacing
> property of the StaffGroup or the Lyrics contexts.
>
>
> I also considered using a single Lyrics context and associatedVoice:
>
>
> \version "2.14.2"
>
> <<
> \new Staff <<
> \new Voice = "a" { f'4 g' r2 | s1 }
> \new Voice = "b" { s1 | a'2 g' }
> >>
> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "a" {
> \lyricmode { may -- be }
> \set associatedVoice = "b"
> \lyricmode { that the }
> }
>>>
>
>
> This fails, I guess, because of the requirement to change the associated
> voice one syllable early (2.1.1)? While that would be easy to fix in
> this minimal example, it would be inconvenient in the actual score,
> where the lyrics are stored in separate variables defined outside the
> \score block.
>
>
> Any other ideas?
>
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> Reedmace Star
>
>
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