Hi David,
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>Message: 2
>Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:23:40 +0100
From: David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>
>To: lilypond-user@gnu.org
>Subject: Re: Lyrics (David Kastrup)
>Message-ID: <871uesvhjn....@fencepost.gnu.org>
>Content-Type: text/plain

>"Maarten de Keijzer" <maarten.de.keij...@hccnet.nl> writes:

> Hi David, you wrote:
>
>>
>> You are aware that you don't _need_ to use \lyricsto or \addlyrics?
>> Just specify the duration you want in the text itself like
>>
>> \new Lyrics \lyricsmode { "And there were"1 "shepherds in"2. the4 
>> field. }
>> 
>> If you go "one lyric per bar", then you should just need the first 1 
>> and
> all the other strings will be of the same length automatically.
>>
>> --
>> David Kastrup
>
> Where do I have to put this part of code?
> I tried several places, but the score doesn''t compile, stating: 
> syntax error, unexpected STRING \new Lyrics \lyricsmode {.

>Try \lyricmode instead.
>--
>David Kastrup

It is starting to work then, but the result (see enclosed file) is a bit
ugly, when texts disappear over the right margin.
Can that be cleared, and maybe a smaller font for the lyrics?

Regards,
Maarten
chd =   {
	\chordmode
	{
	\partial 2
	bes2
     	bes1 bes1 d1:m d:m 
     	g:m d:m es f bes 
     	g:m bes bes d:m d:m
     	g:m d:m es c2:m7 f2 
     	bes1 g:m7 bes f f
	bes bes g:m g4:m fis2.
	b1 b1 dis:m dis:m
	gis:m dis:m e fis b
	r4 g2. c1 c e:m e:m
	a:m e:m f d2:m7 g
	c1 g c g c c a:m a:m
	c1 c a:m a:m c c
	a:m a:m c c a:m a:m
	f:m7 e:m7 f d2:m g 
	c1 g f c
	}	
}

upper = {
	\relative c' {
	\partial 2
	r2
     	R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1
	r2 c''4. d8 |
	f,1 |
	r1
	f'4. e16 d a8 f4 d8 |
	<bes d g>1 |
	<a d f>2~ <a d f>8 a d f |
	<bes, es g>1~ |
	<bes es g>2 <a c f> |
	<bes d f>1 |
	<bes d g>2 r |
	<bes d f>1 |
	<a c f>1~|
	<a c f>1 |
	<d, f bes>8 <d f bes> r4 <d f bes>8 <d f bes> r4 |
	<d f bes>8 <d f bes> r4 bes'8 a g f |
	<g d bes>8 <g d bes> r4 <g d bes>8 <g d bes> r4 |
	<g d bes>8 <g d bes> r4 r2 |
	\key b \major
	r2 cis'4. dis8 |
	fis,1 |
	r1 |
	ais2 gis4 fis |
	gis1 |
	ais4. b8 ais2 |
	gis1 |
	fis1 |
	b1 |
	g2 <g d b> |
	\key c \major
	<e g>1~ |
	<e g>1~ |
	<e g>1~ |
	<e g>1~ |
	<e a>1~ |
	<e g>1 |
	<f a>1 |
	<f a>2 <d g>2~ |
	<e g>1~ |
	<e g>4 r \times 2/3 {<d a'> <d a'> <d a'>} |
	<e g>1 |
	R1 R1 R1 R1
	R1 R1 R1 R1
	<e, g c>8 <e g c> r4 <e g c>8 <e g c> r4 |
	<e g c>8 <e g c> r4 c'8 b a g |
	<a e c>8 <a e c> r4 <a e c>8 <a e c> r4 |
	<a e c>8 <a e c> r4 r2 |
	<e a>1~ |
	R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 
	<e' g>1 |
	<f a>1 |
	<f a>2 <d g>2~ |
	<e g>1~ |
	<e g>4 r \times 2/3 { <d g> <d g> <d g>} |
	<c f a c>1 |
	<c e g c>1 |
	}
}
lower = {
	\relative c 
     	\partial 2
     	r2
     	R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1
	bes1 |
	bes1 |
	d1 |
	d1 |
	g,1 |
	d'1 |
	es1 |
	es2 f |
	bes,1 |
	g2 f |
	bes1 |
   	f8 f f f f f f f |
   	f8 f f f f f f f |
	bes8 bes r4 bes8 bes r4 |
	bes8 bes r4 bes8 a g f |
	g8 g r4 g8 g r4 |
	g8 g r4 r2 |
	\key b \major
	r2 b4. fis 8 |
	b4. fis8 b4. fis 8 |
	dis'4. ais8 dis4. ais8 |	
	dis4. ais8 dis4. ais8 |	
	gis4. dis8 gis4. dis8 |
	dis'4. ais8 dis4. ais8 |	
	e'4. b8 e4. b8 |
	fis4. b8 fis4. b8 |
	b8 b r fis b b r fis |
	g8 g g g g g g g |
	\key c \major
	c4. g8 c4. g8 |
	c4. g8 c4. g8 |
	e'4. b8 e4. b8 |
	e4. b8 e4. b8 |
	a4. e8 a4. e8 |
	e'4. b8 e4. b8 |
	f'4. c8 f4. c8 |
	c4. g8 g4. g8 |
	c4. g8 c4. g8 |
	c4 r \times 2/3 {g g g} |
	c4. g8 c4. g8 |
	R1 R1 R1 R1 
	R1 R1 R1 R1
	c8 c r4 c8 c r4 |
	c8 c r4 c8 b a g |
	a8 a r4 a8 a r4 |
	a8 a r4 r2 |
	a4. e8 a4. e8 |
	R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 
	e'4. b8 e4. b8 |
	f'4. c8 f4. c8 |
	c4. g8 g4. g8 |
	c4. g8 c4. g8 |
	c4 r g2 |
	c1 |
	c1 |
}

\score {
	<<
	\new Devnull = "inv" { \chd }
	\new ChordNames {
		\set chordChanges = ##t
		\chd
	}
	\new Staff <<
	\new Voice = "upper" \upper
     	>>
     	\new Staff <<
     	\new Voice = "lower" \lower
     	\clef bass
     	>>
	\new Lyrics \lyricmode {
	"I will follow"2 "Him"1 "follow Him wherever"
	"He may go." "And" "near Him, I always"
	"be. For" "nothing  can keep me a-" 
	"way. He is my" "des- ti- ny."
	"I will fol-low" "Him." "E-ver since He touched my"
	"heart, I knew." "There"
	"i-sn't an o-cean to" "deep, a"
	"moun-tain so high it can" "keep. Keep me a-"
	"way" "a-way from His" "love."
	"-"  "- I" "love Him, I love Him, I"
	"love Him, and where He goes I"
	"follow, I fol-low, I" "fol-low. I will fol-low"
	"Him." "Fol-low Him wher-e-ver" "He may go."
	"There" "i-sn't an o-cean too" "deep, a"
	"moun-tain so high it can" "keep, keep me a-"
	"way pe-de-dep pe-de-dep" "I will fol-low" "Him"
	"fol-low Him wher-e-ver" "He may go" "oehh - there"
	"i-sn't an o-cean too" "deep, a"
	"mountain so high it can" "keep, keep us a-" "way,"
	"a-way from His" "love." "I"
	"love Him" "I" "fol-low" "-" "true love" "for-"
	"e-ver" "I" "love Him, I love Him, I"
	"love Him, and where He goes I"
	"fol-low, I fol-low, I" "fol-low, He's al-ways be my"
	"true love, my true love, my"
	"true love, from now un-til for-"
	"e-ver, for-e-ver, for-" "e-ver. There"
	"i-sn't an o-cean too" "deep, a"
	"mountain so high it can" "keep, keep us a -"
	"way." "A-way from His" "love!"
	}
	>>
	\layout { }
}

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