Re: Lyrics in polyphony with ties in second voice

[Flaming Hakama by Elaine]

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 6:06 PM Carl Sorensen <address@hidden> wrote:

 

 

From: Flaming Hakama by Elaine <address@hidden>
Date: Sunday, September 29, 2019 at 9:41 PM
To: Lilypond-User Mailing List <address@hidden>
Subject: Lyrics in polyphony with ties in second voice

 

Hi.

I'm hoping someone can help me figure out how to notate this.

I am creating a lead sheet that has vocal line with lyrics.  Some sections have just the melody, and other sections have harmonies under the melody.

In general, I have been having success using this pattern for going into and out of polyphony, while keeping the lyrics associated with the melody:

melody = \relative c'' {
    c1 << { \voiceOne d } { b1 } >> | \oneVoice e1 |
}

 

 

I know that this is not what you asked for, because you want the harmony stems to go up.

 

But this is the way I set it; I think it’s clearer, because it points out the fact that the tied notes need to be handled differently from the melody notes.

 

\version "2.19.80"

 

words = \lyricmode {

    One, two and three four

}

 

melody = \relative c'' {

    \time 3/4

    g2.^"Use partcombine and NullVoice" | g8 a f2 ~ | 2. | e2. \bar "|."

}

 

harmony =  \relative c'{

    \time 3/4

    s2. |

    <d b>2. ~ | 2.

}

 

 

combined = \partcombine \melody \harmony

 

 

 

 

 

\book {

    \header { title = "Use partcombine and NullVoice" }

    \score {

        <<

            \new Staff = "upper" \with {

              printPartCombineTexts = ##f

            }<<

                \new Voice = "lead" {

                    \combined

                }

                \new NullVoice = "synch" {

                  \melody

                }

            >>

           

               \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = "staff" } {

                   \lyricsto "synch" { \words }

            }

        >>

        \layout {

        }   

    }

}

 

 

 

Carl

 

Thanks for all the approaches and opinions.

Semantically, I am inclined towards this approach with using a null voice for the melody, while printing the partcombined voices.

In the end, the only way I was able to get what I want (with the stems combined) required using and tweaking LVs.

Thanks, 

Elaine Alt

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