Re: \lyricsto was: Complicated newbie questions!

[Markian Hlynka]

On Nov 6, 2005, at 4:29, Mats Bengtsson wrote:

> You just give a name to the voice of music you want to attach your
> lyrics to. To make it clear what is what in the syntax I didn't use  
> the
> obvious name "mainvoice" but "THEMUSIC" in the following example:
> \score{
>   <<
>     \context Voice = THEMUSIC \mainvoice
>     \lyricsto THEMUSIC \new Lyrics \mainwords
>   >>
> }
>
>
> If you want to split lyrics when the music splits into several voices,
> use separate Voice contexts with separate names and just attach the
> lyrics to the corresponding voice. Read in "7.3.6 More stanzas" to see
> one example.

Ok, I've been working with Mats' suggestion, and I'm making progress,  
but I'm still confused. First, I don't understand the distinction  
between THEMUSIC in the example above and \mainvoice. mainvoice is  
where I defined my melody line:

mainvoice = \relative c
{
    \key a \minor
    \repeat volta 2
    {
        \partial 8*3
        e8 a8.  [ b16] c2~c8 b16 a gis8.( a16) b2 r8
        e,8 gis8. [ b16] d4 c8 b e8. c16 a4 ~ a2 r8
    }
}

so, is THEMUSIC what I'd name the staff? I don't quite understand the  
intention behind this.

Second, I've had success fixing my lyric problem, but I now have:

\score
{
    \time 4/4
    \context ChoirStaff
    <<
        %\context Staff = bari
        \context Voice = themusic \mainvoice
        \lyricsto themusic \new Lyrics \mainwords
        <<
            \clef bass
            \mainvoice
        >>

        %\context Lyrics = bari \mainwords

        \context Staff = bass
        <<
            \clef bass
            \secondvoice
        >>

    >>
}

This produces 3 staves: the first bass clef, which I want, the second  
a treble clef, which I don't want, using the music of the first part,  
and the third a bass clef, second part, which I want.

But, if I remove:
        <<
            \clef bass
            \mainvoice
        >>
My top line becomes a treble clef. Not right. So, I put \clef bass  
above \context Voice =...
That gives me a blank bass staff as the first line!

if I remove
        \context Staff = bass
        <<
            \clef bass
            \secondvoice
        >>
now my _bottom line is a treble clef!

What's going on here? Clearly I don't understand the intent of the  
syntax somewhere here. Clarification would be much appreciated!


Thanks,

Markian