Re: aligning lyrics to hidden notes

[David Wright]

On Mon 29 Jan 2018 at 15:31:42 (-0000), Phil Holmes wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandro Santilli" <address@hidden>
> To: "Lilypond users" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2018 10:09 AM
> Subject: aligning lyrics to hidden notes
> 
> 
> >I've been trying for some time now to align lyrics
> >to an hidden melody but when I try that all the rests
> >end up attached to the bottom line of the pentagram,
> >which looks like a bug in lilypond itself, can anyone
> >see if that's the case (a bug) or I'm doing something
> >wrong ?
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> 1. Are you really using LilyPond 2.10.33?  If so it's staggeringly
> out of date and you should upgrade to the latest stable or
> development version.

If it's that old, it may be that adding the NullVoice is
adding the implication that there are two voices, a \voiceOne
(melody) and \voiceTwo (bassline). This would drop the rests
and also make low notes stem down (do you get this effect?).

If that is (or rather was) so, I don't think that happens in
newer versions. But it's always necessary to be aware of what
LilyPond adds to your code by way of its implication rather
than your intent.

> 2. Have you read http://lilypond.org/tiny-examples.html?
> Simplifying your problem may lead to a solution.

Cheers,
David.