Re: Very long hyphens in lyrics

[Mats Bengtsson]

The best way to file a feature request is to send the mail to
address@hidden I send a copy of this reply to that list,
so you don't really have to do anything extra.

However, I realize that the solution I sent in a previous email
to avoid the empty lyrics lines were removed didn't work correctly.
This version should work better:

\score{
  ...
  \paper{
    ...
    \translator{
      \LyricsVoiceContext
      \remove "Hara_kiri_engraver"
      \consists "Axis_group_engraver"
    }
  }
}


   /Mats

Russ Ross wrote:
> While searching the archive I came across this message from a month
> ago.  I'm having the same issue but it is even worse when the hyphen
> extends (or should extend) over an entire line.  Currently, lilypond
> doesn't print anything for that line and compresses the vertical
> spacing as though there were no lyrics at all, which is a bit
> confusing since it's the middle of a word.
>
> How does one file a feature request for something like this?  As you
> proposed, a property on LyricHyphen would be perfect--set it once
> and have it behave that way through the whole score.
>
> When I tried using a lyric extender instead of a hyphen, it still
> drops out for the line when there are no other new lyrics on that
> line, then reappears on the next line to lead up to the next new
> word.  For example:
>
> \score {
> <<
>   \new Staff \notes \relative c' {
>     c4 c c c | c c c c | c c c c | c c c c | c c c c |
>     c c c c | c c c c | c c c c | c c c c | c c c c
>     c c c c | c c c c | c c c c | c c c c | c c c c
>     c c c c | c c c c | c c c c | c c c c | c c c c
>   }
>   \new Lyrics \lyrics {
>     Fu4*79 __ bar!4
>   }
>   \new Lyrics \lyrics {
>     Fu4*79 -- bar!4
>   }
>
>   \paper {}
> }
>
> I'm guessing that even if we had a LyricHyphen property that used
> repeated dashes it would still skip the middle line, seeing as both
> the hyphen and the lyric extender skip it now.  Is there any way to
> prevent this?  Is this a bug or is it intentional?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Russ
>
>  
>
> > One common way to typeset this is to use an extender line,
> > as you have done after cau-sa. It shouldn't be hard to
> > implement support for this alternative layout, for example
> > adding a property to LyricHyphen or LyricExtender. We already
> > have support for dashed lines in several other contexts.
> >
> >   Mats
> >
> >
> > > Erik Sandberg wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm typesetting a piece where the first syllable "dam" of
> > > one word "dam - ni" is ornamented for 3 bars. I am no
> > > expert in vocal music notation, but all my sources notate
> > > this by using a sequence of short hyphens ("dam - - - - -
> > > ni" like LyrB below) instead of one very long hyphen
> > > ("dam ---- ni" like LyrA below). However, my hack in LyrB
> > > is an ugly hack that shouldn't be done.
> > >
> > > Is there an easy way of achieving something similar
> > > in Lilypond? If not, should there be one? (Since this
> > > seems to be some kind of standard, perhaps a special
> > > notation of it would be motivated? E.g., --- or --
> > > --?)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Erik
>
>
>
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