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Re: Lyrics in different colours
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Lyrics in different colours |
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Wed, 15 Jun 2016 09:37:39 +0200 |
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Don Gingrich <address@hidden> writes:
> On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 23:38:43 Jeffery Shivers wrote:
>> Oops - I did not send that to the listserv. This does that.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Jeffery Shivers <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Don,
>> >
>> > If you're working
>> > in
>> >
>> > lyric
>> >
>> > mode
>> >
>> > and not markups
>> >
>> > ,
>> >
>> > you can
>> >
>> > :
>> >
>> >
>> > emphasize = {
>> >
>> > \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape = #'italic
>> > \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-series = #'bold
>> >
>> > }
>> >
>> > \emphasize at the beginning of the text of your middle verse. You can
>> > change what 'emphasize' does - that's just the usage example from the
>> > documentation:
>> >
>> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/using-variables-for-l
>> > ayout-adjustments
>> >
>> > //
>
> What I did was:
>
>
> emphasize = {
> \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-family = #'sans
> \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-series = #'bold
> }
>
> normal= {
> \revert Lyrics.LyricText.font-family
> \revert Lyrics.LyricText.font-series
> }
>
> and
>
> PartPOneVoiceOneLyricsTwo = \lyricmode {
> \emphasize
> Is "fòs" ri taobh nan aibh --
> nich -- ean "Théid" seach -- ad sios gu "mall," A ta e "'ga" mo
> "threò" -- rach -- adh Gu "mìn" "réidh" anns gach "ball." A ta e "'ga"
> mo "threò" -- rach -- adh Gu "mìn" "réidh" anns gach "ball."
> \normal
> \skip4 (many repeats)
> }
>
> It worked well, thanks a lot -- I just had no clue about which
> variable to tweak -- and there don't seem to be any of the
> Lyrics.LyricText. sub-options that would change colour,
> so I'll give that a miss.
PartPOneVoiceOneLyricsTwo =
\lyricmode {
\markupMap text \markup \sans \bold \with-color #red \etc
{
Is "fòs" ri taobh nan aibh --
nich -- ean "Théid" seach -- ad sios gu "mall," A ta e "'ga" mo
"threò" -- rach -- adh Gu "mìn" "réidh" anns gach "ball." A ta e "'ga"
mo "threò" -- rach -- adh Gu "mìn" "réidh" anns gach "ball."
}
\skip4 (many repeats)
}
It's more cumbersome to LilyPond than setting a property, but at least
you don't need to look up properties. Though hyphens might require
extra attention.
--
David Kastrup