Simon, Regarding the hyphenation of sanctus, the difference is between the spoken word and the sung word. If spoken the hyphenation would be sanc-tus, since that is how it is pronounced. Only vowel sounds can be sustained by the voice. This negates the possibility of singing sanc-tus. The only pronunciation that can be sung is sa-nctus. Now this hyphenation would have rather strange appearance to a singer. I think that most singers would recognize the hyphenation sanc-tus and realize that the "nc" sound must come with the "tus."
Mark -----Original Message----- From: lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Simon Albrecht Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 11:27 AM To: Son_V; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: In wait for a subsequent word (sorry how can I put it)? Am 07.09.2014 um 18:05 schrieb Son_V: > Thanks Phil, for your answer - but I usually (is it right?), as in > your example, write "Sanc __tus" The problem is that you confuse hyphens (-) with underscores (_). In your examples, you have two underscores inbetween the syllables of 'sanctus'; but what you need in that place are two hyphens: sanc -- tus, in order to obtain a correct lyric hyphen from LilyPond. And the two underscores __ are used to make an extender line in such cases as you asked about, when the last syllable of a word has many notes. (And a single underscore serves as an empty syllable, so to speak, in order to skip notes.) HTH, Simon PS. I'd rather write san -- ctus instead of sanc -- tus, but I don't know of any fixed rules for Latin hyphenation and therefore am not sure. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user