Re: What is "{ s1 }" for?

[Mats Bengtsson]

It's a spacer rest, see "2.16 Single staff polyphony" in the Tutorial.
The purpose here is to keep the context "alive" until the actual
lyrics begins.

  /Mats


Eduardo Vieira wrote:

> Hello users,
>  
> I am still struggling to learn the syntax for scores with lyrics. In 
> the manual (as well as in other examples) I have seen this in the 
> templates for vocal ensembles:
> \context Lyrics = sopranos { s1 }
>  
> What does the *{ s1 }* stand for? What is its use?
>  
> Best regards,
>  
> Eduardo
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