Re: Lyrics and Clefs in Cues for Horns

[Mats Bengtsson]

J. Daniel Ashton wrote:
> Near the very end of a movement, I want to set lyrics to choral
> (soprano?) cues for two measures.  The horn part is shown on two staves
> (1st horn, 2nd horn) and I want the cues in the top staff, with the
> lyrics between the staves.  Is there a way to "drop this in"?  Or does
> it (a lyrics context?) have to be set up at the beginning of the movement?

Take a look at the example called staff-halfway.ly in the "Regression
Test" document to see how to create something in the middle of a score.
However, if you use this idea for the lyrics, they will appear below the
bottom stave since contexts are ordered vertically in the order they
first appear in \score{...}. So, if you want it betwen the staves, you
have to define it from the beginning of the piece. If it's just a few
measures, it's probably easiest to use explicit durations for each
syllable instead of \lyricsto, since then you can start the lyrics with
a single \skip. Something like:
\score{
\new Staff { % 1st horn part ...}
\new Lyrics \lyricmode {
\skip 1*58
Here2 come4 the | cue2 notes2 | }
\new Staff { % 2nd horn part ...}
}

> When I show cues for instruments in a different transposition, it seems
> appropriate to show the clef before and after the cues to indicate the
> change of  "key," even though it's the same clef the horns use.  Is
> there a way to force the clef to be displayed, even though its "the same"?
  \set Staff.forceClef = ##t


   /Mats