Re: Having trouble with lyrics on an unmetered chant tone

[Jan van Dijk]

Hi,

The result in the attachment can be obtained by using the following code:

by His glo- -- ri -- ous Re- -- ssu- -- rec -- tion!

I hope this is what you are looking for (well you still have 6 weeks to work it out).

Kind regards,

Jan van Dijk.

Op Friday 26 March 2010 07:16:35 Michael Dykes schreef:

> Hullo. I am using lilypond for the first time, & am finding it to be a

> delight. I have successfully set a few of the Resurrectional Apolytikia (or

> Troparia) in Tones 1-4 using a variety of Russian-based chants in 2 voices.

> Now, I am working on Tone V in the Kievan Chant. I am finding that when I

> use a syll -- a -- ble that lilypond does not always give me the hyphen I

> ask for. attached is my current 'code' (for lack of a better word for it)

> for the Tone V. I wish to get a hyphen in the words ``glorious'' &

> ``Resurrection'' at the places where there is currently an underscore

> [except in the last syllable of Resurrection where I have the slur

> indicated]. Any help would be appreciated.