Re: Joining text?!

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Friday 01 August 2003 04:33 am, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> Hans Forbrich wrote:
> > [Lilypond 1.7.27 / SuSE 8.2]
> >
> > I have some vocals, mainly in Italian, where two words (or the last
> > syllable of a word and the first syllable of the next word) are
> > handled on the same note.  In the source, these are joined using
> > what looks like a 'tie' in the lyrics.
> >
> > A few questions
> >
> > 1) Can this lyrics tie be handled in Lilypond?
>
> If you want Lilypond to handle two syllables like a single one, just
> include them in quotes: "Two words". Then, you have to find some
> symbol that looks like the tie. How about "Two$\frown$words" ?
>
> > 2) What is this effect and/or tie called? (so I can try to look it
> > up in the documentation)
> > 3) Has this been discussed in the list?  (Roughly when? so I can
> > try to look it up in the archives)
> > 4) How do others simulate this?
>
I have the impression that this is much more common in Italian
and Spanish lyrics than in German or English, so I found that
"Caro Mio Ben" on the Mutopia site has several examples.  That
might be good to include as an example with lilypond.  DaveA

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