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Re: lilypond question (aligning lyrics)
From: |
Jan Nieuwenhuizen |
Subject: |
Re: lilypond question (aligning lyrics) |
Date: |
Tue, 07 Jan 2003 23:26:15 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2 (i386-pc-linux-gnu) |
Jeff Ousley <address@hidden> writes:
> There should be two words in the lyrics that align to
> these 8th notes, but it's not working. The first word
> seems to be aligning to the second note.
You either want to remove your beaming, ie, change:
[c8 f8]
to
c8 f8
or set:
\property Staff.automaticMelismata = ##f
It is common practice for melodies that accompany song text, to
indicate melismata using beams.
> I've attached the file so you can see what I'm talking
> about. Are there sites that have simple examples. Most
> of my pieces will be rather simple. But so far, it's
> been a struggle.
Sounds good. Happy struggling.
Greetings,
Jan.
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
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