\lyricsto was: Complicated newbie questions!

[Markian Hlynka]

On Nov 4, 2005, at 15:52, Erik Sandberg wrote:

> On Friday 04 November 2005 23.12, Markian Hlynka wrote:
>
> > 7. Finally (for now), I'm having trouble aligning lyrics to music. I
> > have this:
> > mainvoice = \relative c
> > {
> >      \key a \minor
> >
> >      \repeat volta 2
> >      {
> >          \partial 8*3
> >          e8 a8.  [ b16] c2~c8 b16 a gis8. a16 b2 r8
> >      }
> > }
> >
> > mainwords = \lyricmode{ one -- two -- three -- four five six }
> >
> > So, the end of sylable four should align with c2~c8.. It does, but
> > "five" is also under the c2, not under the subsequent b16 where it
> > belongs. I've tried adding _ and __ and even _ __, but there doesn't
> > seem to be any effect. Am I doing something wrong? Same problem in
> > English and Cyrillic.
>
> Please re-read the sections about lyrics carefully. You probably  
> want to use
> \lyricsto or \addlyrics.

I see, but I don't understand to what I must "attach" \lyricsto

Also, is there a way to have a main lyrics line for choral stuff, and  
alternative extra lyrics per voice as needed? ie so the main lyrics  
only print out once if there's a master staff? Does that make sense?

Markian

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