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Re: Lyrics and Repeats
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David Wright |
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Re: Lyrics and Repeats |
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Tue, 18 May 2021 22:21:36 -0500 |
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On Tue 18 May 2021 at 18:39:14 (+0000), Carl Sorensen wrote:
>
> This is how I approach your problem. It uses Devnull contexts to space the
> lyrics, and it makes use of the skip-of-length function to provide skips in
> the Devnull contexts.
>
> With this method, you have to make some more variables and contexts, but you
> never need to count notes to or put skips in your lyrics.
I routinely use a different approach, which plays fast and loose
with the lyrics, and usually involves counting syllables.¹
I've employed your example, but modified the second measure
in recognition of the fact that I typeset so many ties and slurs.
(As the structure is uninteresting, I've compressed the source
vertically.)
I tried to modify your more pedagogically correct example to
produce the same score, but failed to print the extender.
(I mentioned this problem in my reply to Aaron.)
The modification I made to the music is:
voltaMus = \relative {b'4 b b( g)}
tb = \lyricmode {
The first bit. __ _
an -- oth -- er bar
a sec -- ond bar
the fi -- nal bar
}
tc = \lyricmode {
Sec -- ond bit. __ _
}
(Your example needs the _ syllables, whereas mine doesn't.)
¹ Because the lyrics printed in the non-melody parts are often
very fragmentary, dozens of syllables are often skipped.
This is unconnected with whether there are any repeats.
Cheers,
David.
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