Re: [Denemo-devel] Lyric Tie

[Joe Wilkinson]

Thank you Andreas. I had found it; just not sure as to the best way of 
explaining it and you have covered that.

I am not sure why they are grouped as they are in the menus though.

-- and __ under Melismata and

~ and - under Lyric tie.

Perhaps you know.

Joe

On 01/02/2017 20:09, Andreas Schneider wrote:
> Am 01.02.2017 um 18:55 schrieb Richard Shann:
> > On Wed, 2017-02-01 at 17:21 +0000, Joe Wilkinson wrote:
> > > is also redundant with Melismata including it
> > ??? lyric tie inserts ~ or _ while Melismata inserts -- or __
> > all these are valid LilyPond syntax (though I confess I can't recall
> > what they do, which is why I need someone else who really knows what
> > this is all about to write the text for the manual).
> ~ is for combining two syllables to be put under one note. It inserts a
> bow between the syllables to indicate that. Example from the lilypond
> manual: Che~in ques -- ta~e~in quel -- l'al -- tr'on -- da
> _ inserts a melisma, i.e. the opposite. Entering a _ in the lyrics
> stretches the syllable before the _ over the next note as well. Please
> note that certain elements on the notes also insert melismata, e.g.
> slurs or manual beams (the latter only if automatic beaming is turned
> off). In these cases, underscores are not necessary.
> -- inserts a hyphen to indicate that two syllables belong to the same word.
> __ inserts a line indicating that a syllable is sung over multiple
> notes. This is for melismata on the last syllable of a word (or words
> with only one syllable).
>
> The whole syntax is documented in the lilypond manual under
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-vocal-music#multiple-syllables-to-one-note
> and the following subsections.
>
> Andreas
>
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