Re: Lyrics not lining up properly

[Erik Sandberg]

On Sunday 13 June 2004 06.03, Cameron and Trudy Horsburgh wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I''m typesetting a piece of cornet music which requires the musician to
> sing every once in a while. However, each separate instance of lyrics
> (presumably in the same context comes out a line lower than the one
> before it. It's a bit hard to describe, so here's a cut down version of
> what I'm trying to do (I get the same result). I've defined the Lyrics
> context earlier in the piece and used it without any problems. It sits
> at the same height as does the first instance of my example here. Any
> ideas what I'm doing wrong?
>
> \version "2.2.0"
> \score{
> \notes{
> \relative c''{
> \key bes \major
>     \time 6/8
>     \partial 8 f,8 | bes(d) f, bes(d) f, | bes( d4 )~ d4
>         <<
>             {ees8^"(Sing)" | d4 d8 c4 c8 | bes4.~bes4}
>             { \context Lyrics \lyrics {A8 hunt4 -- ing8 we4 will8 go.4.}}
>
>     f8 | bes(d) f, bes(d) f, | bes( d4 )~ d4
>         <<
>             {ees8^"(Sing)" | d4 d8 c4 c8 | bes4}
>             { \context Lyrics \lyrics {A8 hunt4 -- ing8 we4 will8 go.4}}
>
>         }}}


Sorry for the extremely late reply, but this is how I would solve your 
problem:

\version "2.2.0"
\score{ <<
\notes \context Voice=song \relative c'' {
  \context Voice=instr {\key bes \major \time 6/8 \partial 8 f,8 | bes(d) f, 
bes(d) f, | bes( d4 )~ d4}

  \context Voice=song {ees8^"(Sing)" | d4 d8 c4 c8 | bes4.~bes4}

  \context Voice=instr {f8 | bes(d) f, bes(d) f, | bes( d4 )~ d4}
  
  \context Voice=song {ees8^"(Sing)" | d4 d8 c4 c8 | bes4}
}

 \lyricsto song \new Lyrics \lyrics {A hunt -- ing we will go. A hunt -- ing 
we will go. }
        >>
}

The initial \context Voice=song (around everything) can be omitted in v2.3.

Erik