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Re: Lyrics and polyphony
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James |
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Re: Lyrics and polyphony |
Date: |
Thu, 5 Jan 2012 05:57:38 +0000 |
Hello,
On 4 January 2012 22:50, Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 4 January 2012 23:32, Carl Sorensen <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Please see the Notation Reference, section 1.5.2. In particular, look at
>> Temporary polyphonic passages.
>
> This problem pops up often. I remember having replied to dozens of e-mails
> —both on the French users mailing list and on lilypond-user— from
> confused users about this. This is indeed explained in the notation
> reference that
>
> "[The << {...} \\ {...} >> construct] behaves differently to the
> similar construct without the double backslashes: all the expressions
> within this construct are assigned to new Voice contexts."
>
> but could it be added that this implies the (dynamic) spanners, lyrics
> associated to voice, etc. cannot be used from outside to inside the
> << {...} \\ {...} >> construct (and vice versa)?
> And would it be possible to put a "warning box" or so around this?
> Maybe we could add also a similar warning in the learning manual,
> LM 3.2.1 I’m hearing Voices.
>
> What do you think? James?
For now I've created
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2179
Regards
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James