Re: lyrics general question

[Erik Sandberg]

On Friday 26 November 2004 10.27, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> You can certainly insert bar checks in the lyrics, just as you do it in
> ordinary music:
>
> text = \lyricmode{ Ah! vous | dir -- ai -- | je ma | man | }
>
> If you do that, LilyPond will issue a warning if the places where you
> put the | do not coincide with the bar lines.
>
> I'm not sure if this is what you ask for.

Please note also, that bar lines in this case should be viewed as prefix 
operators, i.e. they should be placed _before_ syllables that start on the 
first beat of a measure.

Erik