Re: How to set lyrics to temporarily divided parts

[Mats Bengtsson]

Kilian A. Foth wrote:
> Ferenc Wagner writes:
>
>  > > \score {
>  > >   <<  \context Voice = "melody" { \relative c' { c c c c | c } }
>  > >       \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { we shall o- ver- come } >> }
>  > >     
>  > > \score {
>  > >   <<  \context Voice = "melody" { \relative c' { c c8 e c4 c | c } }
>  > >       \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { we shall not o- ver- come } >> }
>  > >
>  > > \score {
>  > >   <<  \context Voice = "melody" { 
>  > >     \relative c' { c 
>  > >       << {\voiceOne c8 e} \\ {\voiceTwo c4} >> 
>  > >      \oneVoice c4 c | c 
>  > >      } 
>  > >   }
>  > >       \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { we o- ver- come } 
>  > >       \new Lyrics \lyricsto "1" { shall not } 
>  > >       \new Lyrics \lyricsto "2" { shall } 
>  > >     >>
>  > > }
>
>  > >
>  > > The third score correctly combines the first two (although the split
>  > > lyrics are typeset one line too low). But that trick only works once
>  > > for a part -- the next assignment to "1" would put yet another line of
>  > > lyrics under the same split note, rather than the next one. Can notes
>  > > and text be associated closer somehow to avoid this?
>  > 
>  > \new Lyrics creates a new lyrics context (ie. a fresh and
>  > independent line of lyrics); what you want is putting more
>  > words into the *same* context (line) you already created.
>
> Yes, apparently I need to, but I can't figure out how to do it! Do you
> know a way to put alternative lyrics into the same context, so that in
> the example both `shall' and `shall not' are aligned with the second
> note?

That's trivial. If you give a name to a context, it is uniquely
identified by its name, so you can do

 \context Lyrics = mainlyrics \lyricsto "melody" { we o- ver- come }
 \context Lyrics =mainlyrics \lyricsto "1" { shall not }
 \new Lyrics \lyricsto "2" { shall }

However, a simpler solution is to avoid to keep the original
Voice context for the upper music line when the music splits
into two voices. This is easiest done by not using the
<<{...} \\ {...}>> feature (untested):
\score{
<<
\context Voice = "melody" {
     \relative c' { c
       << {\voiceOne c8 e} \context Voice = splitpart {\voiceTwo c4} >>
      \oneVoice c4 c | c
      }
   }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { we shall not o- ver- come }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "splitpart" { shall }
>>
}

   /Mats




>  > Since "2" is a short lived voice context, I'm not sure if it
>  > will just work.  As a side note, I found it more natural not
>  > to use the implicit voice creation syntax, but explicitly
>  > name contexts (and possible keep them alive) by the other
>  > method illustrated in the referred article.

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