Re: Positioning lyrics properly with beaming?

[Kevin Cole]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 2:36 PM Stan Sanderson <stansand@gmail.com> wrote:

> or, quick and dirty, “phrasing brackets”
>
> i.e., <g~ c~>2. <g c>8.\[ e’16\]

This didn't work at all for me. The 16th note (and the "The") at the
end disappear.

> On Jul 21, 2022, at 1:31 PM, William Rehwinkel via LilyPond user discussion 
> <lilypond-user@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> I found that the command to disable all logic for finding melismas (manual 
> beams when \autoBeamOff, slurs, etc.) is melismaBusyProperties = #'() . Refer 
> to the attached example which sets it in a \context block. In the words macro 
> I entered the lyrics in a few different ways, depending on which way you 
> would most prefer.
>
> I found it on this page: 
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-vocal-music
>  (ctrl-f melismaBusyProperties)
>
> Let me know if this is what you intended or if I am missing something.
>
> On 7/21/22 13:37, Kevin Cole wrote:
>
>> I'm transcribing a score from a printed copy and the score has a lot
>> of beamed 8th, dotted 8th, and 16th notes in it.  But the lyrics
>> resist being lined up regardless of how I use a single underscore
>> without spaces, with spaces, double dashes, etc.
>> I looked at 
>> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/learning/aligning-lyrics-to-a-melody
>> but I'm still missing something.
>>
>> A small example below.  The "Ohhh" should extend over the dotted half
>> note and the 8th note that follows, and "The" should appear under the
>> 16th note. It behaves correctly if I remove the beaming, but, as
>> mentioned above, there's a lot of it and I'm trying (once again) to
>> stay true to the stuff I'm transcribing. (Actually, the original score
>> has "Ohhh - hhh, The" with the Ohhh" under the dotted half note and
>> the "hhh" under the dotted 8th note, which, I guess would be even
>> better -- and truer to the source material.)
>>
>> %%%%%%%%%%%
>> \version "2.22.1"
>> \language "english"
>>
>> global = {
>>   \time 4/4
>>   \key c \major
>> }
>>
>> melody = \relative c' {
>>   \global
>>   <g~ c~>2. <g c>8.[ e'16]                | %  1
>> }
>>
>> words = \lyricmode {
>>   Ohhh, The                               | %  1
>> }
>>
>> \score {
>>   <<
>>     \new Voice = "mel" { \melody }
>>     \new Lyrics \lyricsto mel \words
>>   >>
>>   \layout { \autoBeamOff }
>> }
>> %%%%%%%%%%%