Re: devnull with lyrics and ties

[Saul Tobin]

My understanding is that Devnull is not intended for alignment of lyrics because it does not have the necessary engraver to create the invisible grobs used for alignment. It appears to me in your example that actually the lyrics are just being spaced evenly without alignment to anything. Nullvoice is intended for your use case.

On Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 6:06 PM Walt North <waltnorth@gmail.com> wrote:

Am I missing something?  It seems like using devnull to align lyrics to does pay attention to ties.  Ties do seem to be honored when using voice for alignment.

Below is a stripped down example with screenshot.

\version "2.24.2"

\language "english"

\layout {
  indent = 0
}

verseLyricsMelody = \relative c' {
  c4 c c c~ | c c c c |
}

verseOneLyrics = \lyricmode {
  one two three four five six seven eight
}

\new Score {
  <<
    \new Voice = "verse" { \break \verseLyricsMelody }
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "verse" { \verseOneLyrics }
  >>
  <<
    \new Devnull  = "verseB" { \break  \verseLyricsMelody }
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "verseB" { \verseOneLyrics }
  >>
}

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