Re: skip -- What am I missing?

[Mats Bengtsson]

I hope you have read the manual for version 2.7, since it contains 
several clarifications compared the the earlier version.

For example, in Sect. 7.3.5 Flexibility in alignment, it says
"For every \skip, the text will be delayed another note."

A better solution to your situation is illustrated in the last
example in Sect. "7.3.8 More stanzas".

  /Mats

Quoting Geoff Horton <address@hidden>:

> I'm obviously not understanding something important about the \skip
> command. I'm trying to use it in lyrics to skip over a leading
> refrain, and no matter what argument I give it, it skips over exactly
> one beat. See the sample below. As I read the documentation, the first
> word of verse two ought to appear under the d that begins the third
> measure, but it doesn't. It appears under the e in the first measure.
> (Verified in 2.6.4 and 2.7.38)
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> \include "english.ly"
>
> melody = \relative c'' {
>  \key c \major
>  c4 c e c | c c c c | d c c c
> }
>
> verseOne = \lyricmode {
>  re -- frain re -- frain
>  re -- frain re -- frain
>  verse one verse one
> }
>
> verseTwo = \lyricmode {
>  \skip 1 \skip 1
>  verse two verse two
> }
>
> \score {
>   \context Staff = main <<
>      \context Voice = melody { \melody }
>      \context Lyrics = one \lyricsto melody \verseOne
>      \context Lyrics = two \lyricsto melody \verseTwo
>   >>
> }
>
>
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