Re: Combining lyrics lines

[coffer]

I think the easiest way is just to "recall" the first lyric line by using the
\context command:

\version "2.14.2"

<<
  \new Staff <<
    \new Voice = "a" { f'4 g' r2 | s1 }
    \new Voice = "b" { s1        | a'2 g' }
  >>
  \new Lyrics = "LineOne" \lyricsto "a" \lyricmode { may -- be }
  \context Lyrics = "LineOne" \lyricsto "b" \lyricmode { that the }
>>

Greetings,
Heinz



Reedmace Star wrote:
> 
> Dear Lilypond users,
> 
> I am typesetting a musical-theater style song, with the parts of several 
> singers appearing on the same staff.
> 
> For unrelated reasons, I want to use a separate Voice context for each 
> singer, even though the melodies usually don't overlap. The lyrics are 
> defined separately for each voice, too.
> 
> Here is a simplified example of what I'm doing:
> 
> 
> \version "2.14.2"
> 
> <<
>   \new Staff <<
>     \new Voice = "a" { f'4 g' r2 | s1 }
>     \new Voice = "b" { s1        | a'2 g' }
>   >>
>   \new Lyrics \lyricsto "a" \lyricmode { may -- be }
>   \new Lyrics \lyricsto "b" \lyricmode { that the }
>>>
> 
> 
> Now, the lyrics to "a" and "b" appear on separate lines, like this:
> 
>      maybe
>              that the
> 
> Instead, I would like to see them combined on one line whereever 
> possible, like this:
> 
>      maybe   that the
> 
> Lilypond 2.12.3 did this by default. Is there a way to achieve it in 
> newer versions?
> 
> 
> As mentioned before, the melodies usually don't overlap, so it would 
> probably be sufficient to overlay both Lyrics contexts in the same 
> vertical space.  I naively attempted to do this by putting both into a 
> StaffGroup and then setting their Y-extents to zero, but this had no 
> effect; neither had various experiments with the staff-staff-spacing 
> property of the StaffGroup or the Lyrics contexts.
> 
> 
> I also considered using a single Lyrics context and associatedVoice:
> 
> 
> \version "2.14.2"
> 
> <<
>   \new Staff <<
>     \new Voice = "a" { f'4 g' r2 | s1 }
>     \new Voice = "b" { s1        | a'2 g' }
>   >>
>   \new Lyrics \lyricsto "a" {
>         \lyricmode { may -- be }
>         \set associatedVoice = "b"
>         \lyricmode { that the }
>   }
>>>
> 
> 
> This fails, I guess, because of the requirement to change the associated 
> voice one syllable early (2.1.1)?  While that would be easy to fix in 
> this minimal example, it would be inconvenient in the actual score, 
> where the lyrics are stored in separate variables defined outside the 
> \score block.
> 
> 
> Any other ideas?
> 
> 
> Thanks and best regards,
> 
> Reedmace Star
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> lilypond-user mailing list
> address@hidden
> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
> 
> 

-- 
View this message in context: 
http://old.nabble.com/Combining-lyrics-lines-tp33510107p33515931.html
Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.