Re: how to add punctuation mark (or other things) at the end of lyricextender?

[Janek Warchoł]

2011/1/18 Phil Holmes <address@hidden>:
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> To: "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:48 PM
> Subject: how to add punctuation mark (or other things) at the end of
> lyricextender?
>>
>> Hi all,
>> i have a melisma at the end of a sentence,
>> i'd like the dot to appear after the extender (like in the bottom of
>> the attachment).
>
> Jan,
>
> According to the normal engraving manuals, the punctuation should be
> attached to the lyric, not the extender.  e.g. [quotations here]

Thanks, Phil, but I already knew that the recommended practice is to
put punctuation before extender. Unfortunately i fail to see why it
should be done this way - do the books that you quote provide any
explanation?

Besides, there is another situation in which it would be useful to
attach something to the end of the extender line: to remind singer how
he/she should end a very long melisma. Consider a coloratura that
spans several measures and even crosses a page break. It would be nice
to write the syllabe again under the last note (in parentheses of
course) to aid the performer.

cheers,
Jan