Re: using bold or smallcaps in lyrics in lilypond-book

[Mats Bengtsson]

Karl Hammar wrote:

> address@hidden:
> ...
>  
>
> > \hspace{1em}
> >
> > \begin[fragment, staffsize=16]{lilypond}
> >         \new RhythmicStaff {
> >                 \time 12/8
> >         \partial 8
> >                 d8 d4 d8 d4 d8 d4 d8 d8 d8 d8  d4 d8 d4 d8 d4
> >         }
> > 	\addlyrics{ Some TIME She  USED to PUT me THROUGH the re SPON se sof  
> > the MASS }
> > \end{lilypond}
> >    
> ...
>
> I have used fragments like you but more or less always ended up with 
> lilypondfile instead, the fragment grows and it it easier to test it as 
> a seperate file.
>
>  
As is explained below, you should probably skip the
"fragment" option. However, an alternative to using
lilypondfile is to make a separate "style file" that you
can include in all your examples using
\begin{lilypond}
\include "mystyle.ly"
...
\end{lilypond}

Such a style file could for example contain
\layout{
 \context{
   \Lyrics
   \override LyricText #'font-series = #'bold
 }
}

if you want all lyrics text to be bold font. See "Style Sheets"
in the manual for more general information on these kind of
style sheets.

 /Mats