Re: In wait for a subsequent word (sorry how can I put it)?

[Phil Holmes]

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Subject: Re: In wait for a subsequent word (sorry how can I put it)?


> Well, I now include an image; I usually write a "long underscore" when 
> there
> is something that lasts in a next syllable; like in the example, "Sa --  
> cra
> -- men __ tum" (here you can see what i mean in "men __ tum", or "to
> __que"). I do not give trace about the syllable to be sung after "cer --  
> nu
> -- i". The "i"
> <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n166284/Appunto_Tantum_ergo.jpg>
> must be sung for the other three notes; is there a "rule" that says what
> should be done? I hope to have expressed myself in a comprehensible way.
> Thanks.


I believe you are confusing the syntax for hyphens with that for extenders. 
Use 2 minus signs with a space either side for a hyphen (like " -- " but 
with no quote marks).  Use two underscores for extenders " __ ".

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Phil Holmes