Re: Per-stanza dynamics inline with the text: How does one best achieve it?

[Thomas Morley]

2012/12/9 Michael van der Kolff <address@hidden>:
> The effect I would like to achieve is that the dynamics markings in the
> middle of the stanza go at the end of the previous bar.  My skills aren't
> quite up to it, though.
>
> I noticed in a couple of mailing list posts that dynamics can be put in line
> with lyrics.  Unfortunately, doing that as, e.g. (verse two below):
>
> verseTwo = \lyricmode {
>   \set stanza = #"2. "
>   Sing8 lull-8 a-8 by!4.
>   lull-8 a-8 by8 ba-4 by,8 sweet-4 ly-8 sleep-4 ing:8
>   sing8 lull-8 a-8 by!4.
>   Hush,8 do8 not8 wake4 the8 in-4 fant8 king;4.
>   \markup {\dynamic "p"} soon8 will8 come8 sor-4 row8 with4 the8 mor-4 ning8
>   soon8 will8 come8 bit-4 ter8 grief4 and8 weep-4. ing:4.
>   sing2 lull-8 a-8 by.4.
> }
>
> means that somehow the dynamics marks are worth a full measure, and the
> Wrong Thing happens.  What I would really like to happen is to widen the
> previous bar slightly, put the dynamics marks at the end of that bar, and
> just write it as above.

[...]

Hi Michael,

not sure what you mean.

Perhaps:

verseTwo = \lyricmode {
  \set stanza = #"2. "
  Sing8 lull-8 a-8 by!4.
  lull-8 a-8 by8 ba-4 by,8 sweet-4 ly-8 sleep-4 ing:8
  sing8 lull-8 a-8 by!4.
  Hush,8 do8 not8 wake4 the8 in-4 fant8 king;4
  \markup {\dynamic " p "}8 soon will come sor-4 row8 with4 the8 mor-4 ning8
  soon8 will8 come8 bit-4 ter8 grief4 and8 weep-4. ing:4.
  sing2 lull-8 a-8 by.4.
}


HTH,
  Harm