Re: "moving backwards in time" ?

[Erik Sandberg]

On Thursday 12 January 2006 23.36, Gilles wrote:
> > I can't seem to figure out how to slightly change the structure to make
> > it work :-{
> >
> > I tried with "\addlyrics" but it shows only one line of the "caption"
> > instead of one for each transposed part...
> > Several "\addlyrics" produce the same problem as "\lyricsto".
> >
> > Any hint?
>
> Is this what you had in mind?
>
> %---cut---
> \version "2.6.3"
>
> theNotes = \relative c' {
>   \key d \aeolian
>   \cadenzaOn
>   d4 e f g a bes cis d
>   c bes a g f ees d
>   \bar "|"
>   <d f a>2 <g bes d> <a cis e>
>   \bar "||"
>   \cadenzaOff
> }
>
> text = \lyricmode {
>   "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" "7" "8" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I IV V
>   "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" "7" "8" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I IV V
> }
>
> modeOnD = { \theNotes }
>
> theMusic = \context Staff = "Mode" \with { \remove
> "Time_signature_engraver" } {
>
>   <<
>     \context Voice = "notes" {
>       \transpose d d { \modeOnD }
>       \break
>       \transpose d c { \modeOnD }
>     }
>     \lyricsto "notes" \new Lyrics { \text }
>
> }
>
> \score {
>   \theMusic
>   \layout {}
> }
> %---cut---
>
>
> It works, but is a real pain because one has to had as many lines of
> exactly the same "text" as there are going to be transposed parts.
> Furthermore, in the original file setup, the notes (scale) are defined in
> one file (together with the "text") and the "\score" in another.
> Is ther some way (given the current "limitation" of "\lyricsto") to keep
> this separation between "data" and "presentation"?

Well, you can put the first half of the text in a variable, and repeat that 
variable twice, as I suggested in my other mail:
text = \lyricmode {
   "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" "7" "8" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I IV V
}

[...]

theLyrics =  \context Lyrics = "text" { \text \text }

-- 
Erik