Avi Drissman:
I'm trying to type up a vocal piece. At several places, the part splits
(with completely different notes, rhythms, and lyrics), and returns to
unison. During the splits, I'd like the lyrics to go above the staff for
the high part, and below the staff for the low part.
At
2013/4/14 Avi Drissman a...@drissman.com:
So that's how you re-use a Lyrics. That works, but is a bit ugly in that you
have to create new voices over and over. So I tried re-using a voice using
that \context trick
How about using separate voices:
\version 2.16.1
altonotesUp =
\relative c' {
I'm trying to type up a vocal piece. At several places, the part splits
(with completely different notes, rhythms, and lyrics), and returns to
unison. During the splits, I'd like the lyrics to go above the staff for
the high part, and below the staff for the low part.
At first, I split using:
{
2013/4/14 Avi Drissman a...@drissman.com:
I'm trying to type up a vocal piece. At several places, the part splits
(with completely different notes, rhythms, and lyrics), and returns to
unison. During the splits, I'd like the lyrics to go above the staff for the
high part, and below the staff
How about something like:
\version 2.16.0
{
\new Staff = Song
\new Voice = Soprano { s1 | \voiceOne a'4 b'4 c''4 d''4 | \oneVoice
s1 }
\new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = Song } \lyricsto Soprano { A
-- bove the stave }
\new Voice = Alto { a'4 b'4 c''4 d''4
I'm sorry; I was banging my head against this for so long that I just
emailed out of frustration.
So that's how you re-use a Lyrics. That works, but is a bit ugly in that
you have to create new voices over and over. So I tried re-using a voice
using that \context trick:
\version 2.16.1
