Re: Issue 3254: align unassociated lyrics using NoteColumn extent. (issue 108110044 by address@hidden)

[Marc Hohl]

Am 22.06.2014 14:57, schrieb address@hidden:
> On 2014/06/22 12:45:47, janek wrote:
>
> https://codereview.appspot.com/108110044/diff/60001/Documentation/notation/vocal.itely
>
> > File Documentation/notation/vocal.itely (right):
>
>
> https://codereview.appspot.com/108110044/diff/60001/Documentation/notation/vocal.itely#newcode520
>
> > Documentation/notation/vocal.itely:520: play1 a4 game4
> > On 2014/06/22 11:15:35, dak wrote:
> > > Why change the lyrics here?  "play a game" is not idiomatic.
>
> > I wanted to make lyrics shorter so that the alignment
> > not-necessarily-to-the-notes-but-to-other-moments will be obvious.
> With longer
> > syllables, lyrics affects note spacing and it's not clear what is
> aligned to
> > what.
>
> > What about a completely artifictial example:
>
> > <<
> >    \new Voice = "melody" {
> >      \time 3/4
> >      c2 e4 g2 f
> >    }
> >    \new Lyrics \lyricmode {
> >      a1 b4 c4
> >    }
> > >>
> > ?
>
> Start of the coffee canon?
> <URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PN23MIqoLY>  Though somewhat
> boring rhythmically.

I was about to propose capital letters like 'A' 'B' 'C' for the
artificial lyrics since a4 can be a quarter note with pitch a or
the syllable 'a'.

But the C O F F E E canon (at least the lyrics) is a bit more creative 
than A B C ;-)

Marc
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