Re: beginner score error

[Steven Arntson]

That solved it---thank you!

tisimst <address@hidden> writes:

> Steven,
>
> The lyrics line should read "\new Lyrics \lyricsto mel \text", without
> the "=".
>
> - Abraham
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Steven Arntson [via Lilypond] <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
>     I'm trying to create a simple score with voice/lyrics and piano.
>     I'm 
>     basing it on a snippet I found in Frescobaldi, but entering things 
>     myself with a few differences, as a learning exercise. The error I
>     get 
>     in the \score block when I engrave is: 
>     
>     | syntax error, unexpected \lyricsto, expecting SCM_IDENTIFIER or 
>     | SCM_TOKEN or STRING \new Lyrics = \lyricsto mel \text 
>     
>     Here's the working example: 
>     
>     \version "2.19.12" 
>     \language "english" 
>     
>     % variables 
>     global = { 
>     \key e \minor 
>     \time 2/2 
>     \tempo 4 = 120 
>     } 
>     
>     melody = \relative c' { 
>     \global 
>     \clef bass 
>     a2 b2 | 
>     } 
>     
>     text = \lyricmode { 
>     hel -- lo | 
>     } 
>     
>     chordsymbols = \chordmode { 
>     % chords here 
>     } 
>     
>     upper = \relative c'' { 
>     \global 
>     \clef treble 
>     a2 b2 | 
>     } 
>     
>     lower = \relative c { 
>     \global 
>     \clef bass 
>     a2 b2 | 
>     } 
>     
>     \score { 
>     << 
>     \new Voice = "mel" { \autoBeamOff \melody } 
>     \new Lyrics = \lyricsto mel \text 
>     \new ChordNames = "chordsymbols" 
>     \new PianoStaff << 
>     \new Staff = "upper" \upper 
>     \new Staff = "lower" \lower 
>     >> 
>     >> 
>     \layout { 
>     \context {} 
>     } 
>     \midi {} 
>     } 
>     
>     
>     Thank you, 
>     steven arntson 
>     
>     
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