Re: Three Questions

[Mats Bengtsson]

Nahum Wengrov wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm relatively new to Lilypond. I experimented with it and explored the Fine
> Manual quite extensively. I'm qorking now on a Project Gutenberg project,
> which means the .pdf output needs to resemble the Original Score as closely
> as possible.
>
>  
Please always tell what LilyPond version you are using, to
be sure to get relevant answers.

> I have three questions.
>
> 1) Can I hide, from the pdf output, the time signature at the beginning of a
> score?
> (I've done the 2nd line of notes as a separate score, because it has an
> additional Voice & Lyrics staff not existing in the the 1st line.)
> Alternatively, can I have the 1st line of notes in a score having only Piano
> staves, and the following lines with an additional Voice & Lyrics staff, in
> the same score?
>  
Read Section "8.3.2 Hiding staves" and don't forget about
the remove-first option. Lyrics work this way by default.

> 2) How can I add parentheses around notes? (Look at the scanned image --
> link below -- to see what I mean. It's the two connected 16ths at the end of
> the 2nd line, the 1st one with lyrics.)
>  
Well, sort of. See the example called "stencil-hacking.ly" in the
Regression Test document. If you search the mailing list
archives, you may find more information.

> 3) How do I coax Lilypond into displaying the extra word "There" at the end
> of the 2nd (middle) Lyrics line of that same music line? The Voice staff has
> a polyphony, i.e. an 8th rest on top and two connected 16ths beneath.
>  
You mean that you want two syllables to be associated with
a single note. Just write them within double quotes, "two words"
or exploit the fact that an underscore is treated as a space:
two_words.

> You can look at a scanned image of the Original Score at
> http://www.pgdp.net/c/tools/project_manager/displayimage.php?project=project
> ID432e074b4d781&imagefile=066.png.
>
> You can look at the part of it I so far managed to put into .ly at
> http://www.pgdp.net/c/tools/project_manager/downloadproofed.php?project=proj
> ectID432e074b4d781&image=066.png&round_num=3 
>
>  
It seems that some kind of ID and password is necessary.

 /Mats