Re: devnull with lyrics and ties

[Walt North]

First - the example I sent is a stripped down sample just to demonstrate 
the question I have.

For the actual score the intent is two fold.

Intent one.

The resulting score may be used by multiple instruments and vocalists.  
In the case of the guitar player they only need the lyrics and chords to 
strum to.

Other instruments should have the melody and lyrics to follow.

Vocalists typically just need the lyrics.

This score may be reused in different scenarios with varying 
instruments. Sometimes just a guitar player.  Sometimes other 
instruments in addition.

This may be part of a collection and I don't want to take up page space 
where it is not needed.

Intent two:

Since I'm typing the melody in anyway for some instruments I might as 
well leverage the lyrics alignment feature instead of putting duration 
on the lyrics.

Thanks.


On 9/20/2024 6:29 PM, David Wright wrote:
> On Fri 20 Sep 2024 at 15:05:51 (-0700), Walt North 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 }
> >    >>
> > }
> I could kind of see where you were going with
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2024-09/msg00152.html
> where you might have a guitarist strumming chords as they
> follow the words and chords of a song whose rhythm they know.
>
> But now I'm lost. Say the alignment /was/ in perfect accordance
> with your intent: what's the function of the duplicate set of
> lyrics? Is that measure number "3" an honest annotation, or just
> something that you're going to eliminate?
>
> IOW, can you describe the score that you're trying to produce?
>
> Cheers,
> David.