Re: Problem getting syllables onto tied note across bar end

[tisimst]

Henry,

It's not the tie, but the slur that is causing your problem. Slurs enforce a lyric melisma. You have two options:

1. You can either remove the slur (which I think is the right thing to do):

melody = \relative c'' {

  \clef treble

  \key a \major

  \time 4/4

  b8. b16  b16 cis8 a16~ a8. e16 fis8 a16 a~ |

  a8 fis r4 r2 |

  r2 r4 r8 a16 a |

}

2. If you must have it, you can turn the slur into a phrasing slur which doesn't enforce a melisma like a slur does:

melody = \relative c'' {

  \clef treble

  \key a \major

  \time 4/4

  b8. b16 b16 cis8 a16~ a8. e16 fis8 a16 \( a~ |

  a8 fis \) r4 r2 |

  r2 r4 r8 a16 a |

}

Take your pick!

- Abraham

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Henry Law [via Lilypond] <[hidden email]> wrote:

I am having a problem getting my lyrics to fit across a group of notes
which contain a tie.  Here's the smallest possible example:

\version "2.16.2"
melody = \relative c'' {
   \clef treble
   \key a \major
   \time 4/4
   b8. b16          b16 cis8 a16~  a8. e16        fis8 a16 ( a~ |
   a8 fis )         r4             r2                           |
   r2                              r4             r8 a16 a      |
}
text = \lyricmode {
   da    da  da  a da a -- one  two three
}
\score {
   <<
     \new Voice = "mel" {  \melody }
     \new Lyrics \lyricsto mel \text
   >>
   \layout {
     \context { \Staff \RemoveEmptyStaves }
   }
}

The way I coded it, the syllable "three" is intended to fall on the last
A (16th) of the first bar and run over the a8 fis of the next bar.  But
as can be seen in http://www.lawshouse.org/music/problem01.pdf the slur
doesn't start on the last 16th but on the previous one, and the syllable
"two" is assigned to the three A's and the F#, leaving the syllable
"three" to match up with the 16th A's after the rests.

What am I doing wrong?

--

Henry Law            Manchester, England

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