Re: piano staves and lyrics

[Patrick Schmidt]

Hi Gerald,

\addlyrics can't handle polyphony. See NR v.2.13. You should use  
\lyricsto. You just forgot to add \new Lyrics:

\new Lyrics \lyricsto "soprano" { please help }

If you'd like to have the lyrics in between the two staves you have  
to add:

\layout { \context { \PianoStaff \accepts Lyrics } }

Hope this helps,
patrick

Am 18.09.2010 um 13:43 schrieb Gerard McConnell:

> Hello,
> I've included a minimal example below; why doesn't it work and how  
> do I correct it?
> (It works fine without the alto and tenor parts.)
> Many thanks yet again,
> Gerard
>
> \version "2.12.2"
>
> \score {
>    \new PianoStaff {
>       <<
>       \new Staff {
>        <<
>        \new Voice="soprano" { \voiceOne
>         \time 2/2
>         \key d \major
>         \relative c' {   fis2 e    }
>         }
>        \new Voice="alto" { \voiceTwo
>         \relative c' {  d2 d4( cis)  }
>        }
>      >>
>       }
>
>    \addlyrics { please help }
> % \lyricsto soprano { please help } also fails
>
>   \new Staff {
>        \clef bass
>        <<
>        \new Voice="tenor" { \voiceOne
>         \time 2/2
>         \key d \major
>         \relative c' {  a2 g  }
>        }
>        \new Voice="bass" { \voiceTwo
>         \relative c {  d2 ais  }
>        }
>              >>
>       }
>       >>
>    }
> }
>
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