Re: Lyrics with repeats

[Mats Bengtsson]

I recommend to read
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.6/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/More-stanzas.html#More-stanzas
for a better solution.

  /Mats

Carl-Peter Krause wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I like to create a sheet with a song beginning with the refrain and two verses 
> having a repeat block. To position to the 2nd line of the repeat I am adding 
> underscore characters (see below). This results in reserving space for a 
> whole text line even in the refrain. How can I suppress this extra space?
>
> melody = ...
>
> textA = \lyricmode {
>         text of refrain
>         1st verse: 1st line of repeat
> }
>
> textB = \lyricmode {
>         _ _ _ _ _
>         1st verse: 2nd line of repeat
> }
>
> textC = \lyricmode {
>         text of refrain
>         2nd verse: 1st line of repeat
> }
>
> textB = \lyricmode {
>         _ _ _ _ _
>         2nd verse: 2nd line of repeat
> }
>
> \score {
>         <<
>                 \context Voice = one {
>                         \melody
>                 }
>                 \lyricsto "one" \new Lyrics \textA
>                 \lyricsto "one" \new Lyrics \textB
>                 \lyricsto "one" \new Lyrics \textC
>                 \lyricsto "one" \new Lyrics \textD
>         >>
>         \layout {
>                 linewidth = 18\cm
>                 textheight = 25\cm
>         }
> }
>
> Kind regards
> Carl-Peter Krause
>
>
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