Re: Very long hyphens in lyrics

[Mats Bengtsson]

One common way to typeset this is to use an extender line,
as you have done after cau-sa. It shouldn't be hard to
implement support for this alternative layout, for example
adding a property to LyricHyphen or LyricExtender. We already
have support for dashed lines in several other contexts.

   Mats

Erik Sandberg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm typesetting a piece where the first syllable "dam" of one word "dam - ni" 
> is ornamented for 3 bars. I am no expert in vocal music notation, but all my 
> sources notate this by using a sequence of short hyphens ("dam - - - - - ni" 
> like LyrB below) instead of one very long hyphen ("dam     ----     ni" like 
> LyrA below). However, my hack in LyrB is an ugly hack that shouldn't be done.
>
> Is there an easy way of achieving something similar in Lilypond? If not, 
> should there be one? (Since this seems to be some kind of standard, perhaps a 
> special notation of it would be motivated? E.g., --- or -- --?)
>
> Thanks,
> Erik
>
> \version "2.0.1"
>
> Not = \notes \relative d' {
>   \time 3/8
>   \key d\major
>
>   \partial 4 e8 a |
>   fis16 e fis g a b |
>   %30
>   e, d e fis g a |
>   d, cis d e fis gis |
>   a8 e cis' |
>   b16(  a) gis4 |
>   a4 r8 | 
> }
>
> LyrA = \lyrics {
>   no8 -- stri dam8*10 -- ni8 cau -- sa __ su4 -- mus.
> }
>
> LyrB = \lyrics {
>   no8 -- stri dam8. -- _ -- _ -- _ -- _ -- _16*5 -- ni8 cau -- sa __ su4 -- 
> mus.
> }
>
> \score {
>   <<
>    \new Staff \Not
>    \new Lyrics \LyrA
>    \new Lyrics \LyrB
>   >>
> }
>
>
>
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